Tag Archives: practice

September 13, 2018

Thank you, Duolingo

I’m learning Swedish. Slowly. I have a working vocabulary of, I dunno, 70 words? Our second granddaughter is 50% Swedish (our son-in-law is 100%), and they live about an hour outside of Stockholm.

Now, when my son-in-law heard of my little project, he informed me that only 10 million people on the globe speak his language, as compared with the 1.5 billion that speak some form of English, his point being that it wasn’t necessarily practical to learn his native tongue.

Since when does a grandmother need to be practical?? Continue reading

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April 27, 2018

Sweet Ride

By dawnlizjones

Do you remember when you turned 16 and your parents bought you your first new car?

Yeah, me neither.

That’s okay though, because growing up sharing the family auto(s) was actually a good thing. And anyway, just because I got my driver’s license didn’t mean I automatically deserved a car, not by a long shot. Having a license isn’t a “right”, or something I earn. Sure, I did a little study and answered a few questions, but in reality, a license is something bestowed—a trust. Continue reading

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