While my friends in Carson City and Reno were showing me their sudden snow and near blizzards, I took this out my front window. It was windy but we didn’t get the snow predicted either yesterday (except that sideways bit around midnight) or today. Forecasts yesterday for the 10-day had us under snow except for Sunday and Monday. NOW we have no snow until next Wednesday. Life is looking good!
Meanwhile, still making toys and hats and nearly finished with my brother’s first sock! I know once the weather is warmer I will be out walking. And I think the chair yoga with Adrienne and gentle chair yoga that I do with my husband should have me ready to get out there more. Then knitting will be done less often.
You know, I often get discouraged in that I expected this part of my life to be like the Jetsons. We don’t have folding flying cars. We do have robotic vacuum cleaners and video phoning. I can talk to two friends and at the same time! Even when they aren’t in the same location. I can talk to my adult children on holidays even though the roads make it impossible to visit in person. Today was one of those days when my friends and I chatted for hours.
Our newest idea? To try and communicate to each other in Spanish, even if it is only in written form. One of the friends was in Guatemala for a few years so she is far more advanced but rusty. I have blogged about learning from Duolingo. I’ve dropped all but Spanish and German. At one point I was up to Japanese, French, and High Valarian besides the other two. But I felt I wasn’t doing any of them justice. I can’t give up on either Spanish or German as I have had classes in each. The trouble is I often translate to the wrong one. Die-s and la-s and Der-s and el-s get messed up.
My goal is to keep my mind alive. If I can learn to communicate well with others in these other languages all the better. My biggest dream/nightmare is when my mind goes and I’m trying to communicate with the nursing staff I end up saying something in either or both those languages instead of English. LOL! Okay, maybe not so funny if I really need to say something important like my head hurts or I have a broken leg.
Anyway, I think I need to go to the library and pick up something about letter writing in either language. Any suggestions? Have any of you done the Duolingo or another system of language learning? How’s your weather? Is it Spring yet?
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You are remarkable. I wish I had the time and the energy to take up a new language. Best of luck.
Retired on disability. If I had a job I wouldn’t have the time. Wish I had the money to travel and use said languages. But Duolingo takes only five minutes a day per language. They keep it easy and fun so… I just want to start taking it to another level and see what I can do with what I have so far.
Have fun and maybe you will get to converse in these languages.
That would be cool! Or dream in the languages!!
If you want to invest some more time in this ,you can get tv program or a movie in the language you are learning. It really helps with the spoken language.
I do that sometimes, get the shows where they speak in the Spanish and put on the English subtitles and try to not look at the subtitles. It’s still frustrating but I hope it gets easier. Finding German films is a little harder.
That’s good. Yeah I can imagine that German movies are not easily available here.
Yes, I have tried learning on both Duolingo and Babbel, I just didn’t stay with it long enough, I need to try again. I was trying to learn Spanish…I picked up a little but not enough.
We got to experience a couple of spring-like days, but now we are back to cold and cloudy, just in time for Claudette’s memorial service. I was hoping for warm and sunny, like her.
Sure, try again. It doesn’t take but a couple minutes and I try for keeping the daily practice scheduled. I think I tried Babbel a long time ago maybe it is better now.
Sorry your memorial weather didn’t reflect Claudette’s charm. But I bet you felt the inner warmth of her spirit.
We did! It was a beautiful service!
That’s wonderful!
That’s fun! I love language. Love it. Think learning new languages is fabulous! And how fun to do it with friends!
The weather here is cold, hovering around freezing. I was in the wind today and when it blows, I do think there’s a windchill. Snow coming tomorrow. What can I say, it’s been worse and it’s been better. Couple more months.
I wish I had a class on the formation of each language. I mean, sit in the room as they decide is a computer male or female and why. For now, that is the hardest part of languages that aren’t English.
I do call other peoples cars males when I can’t see the driver. Yet I name my cars female names. Weird? I suppose.
Sorry you are still cold and expecting snow. We are still cold with lots of wind we did have flurries a bit today but they didn’t stay. Stay warm and well, my friend.
Well, you can take linguistics. Those were difficult classes for me, but I also looooved them!
The weather this week will hover around freezing, which is kinda mild for here in February 🙂
It has never been easy for me. But like you, I love them.
Hopefully, the weather will continue to get better!