translating – Grey Sea & Sky

What I learned from doing Duolingo for 1000 days

I learned that it is possible to do something hard, and that some big, hard things can be broken down into a smaller, easier things, each tackled for five minutes each day. When you line up 1,000 small things, it becomes one big thing. I learned that when you line up the small things youContinue reading “What I learned from doing Duolingo for 1000 days”

Your inner voice

The woman on the playground and her companion are speaking Italian. Their words are just barely audible, but every once in a while their voices carry, the rapid-fire words punctuating the hot August air with the reminder that we are, alas, not in Italy, though Delaware is a nice place to be. I write toContinue reading “Your inner voice”