Hello everyone! Just a quick note to say, as it's my birthday month and I posted twice last month, I'm giving myself the month off. So there'll be no regular blog post this month. But fret not, dear friends, Romans and countrymen! As hard as it is (mostly for me) to believe, I'm actually about … Continue reading Gone fishin’
Well, another year, another Eurovision Song Contest. As usual, I spent the evening with some friends, playing a drinking game of our own devising along with some homemade bingo cards (see below), so I've got to be honest, the night is a little bit of a blur. But as usual, I've picked ten favourites from … Continue reading Eurovision Song Contest 2023: United By Music
Well hello there, dear friends; happy Saint David's day, or I should say, dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus! I hope you're all doing well. I've had a lot on this month, which has unfortunately left little time for studying or indeed anything like that, but as it's been a short month, so it seems appropriate to follow it … Continue reading A quick check-in
P'nawn da, ffrindiau! Sut dach chi? Dw i'n dda iawn, diolch yn fawr! To be honest with you, I wasn't entirely sure what I was going to write about this month. I know I've got a bit of a reputation as a serial dabbler, and I can't deny that I've definitely earned it in the … Continue reading Adventures in Welsh
Listen. I’m still processing 2017, and I think it’s deeply unfair of you to make me embark upon yet another year I’m not ready for with so little warning. I hear what some of you are screaming at your screens, it allegedly happens like this every twelve months. To those vocal few I say this: … Continue reading New year, same old me
Well, here we are again - at year's end, again. Another year, another Polyglot NaNoWriMo attempt, another failure. My choices now are either to be unmotivated and dismiss the whole lot as a bad dream, or keep a stiff upper lip and try to think of it from a different angle. If I try to … Continue reading Another one bites the dust
So since I spoiled you all (read: really tuckered out the ol' brain box) by writing two posts last month, I'm taking this month off, so this is just going to be a quick little language-learning update. It's been quite a busy month as it happens - I took a trip into Northumberland to my … Continue reading Taking the month off – a short update
So, cards on the table here... this isn't the post I'd had planned for this month, but it seemed kind of in bad taste to post that, given everything that's going on in the world. So I've relegated that until next month, and instead, I wanted to share a little impromptu check-in about my language-learning … Continue reading A short update
You know, it feels like only yesterday people were talking about the summer solstice, and how the nights were soon going to be drawing in… and now, bloody hell, we’ve had Christmas and New Year, and it's time to be off on another collective journey around the sun. I know I won't be alone in … Continue reading Record of achievement
Well, here we are once again. Another Polyglot NaNoWriMo, another chance to drop out half way and feel bad about it. But you know what? This time, I refuse to let myself feel bad about it. November has been a busy month for me; I work full time, which I juggled with an online course … Continue reading Focusing on the positives
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