German Update

Remember how back in February I scored 17 correct out of 30 on this Goethe Institute test-your-beginning-German test, and said that hey, at least I was doing better than random guessing?Well. This is my result now in early September. So this language-learning thing I'm doing has been going really well.I can't even blame my results … Continue reading German Update →

I’m fine. Are you fine?

It’s true that there have been some wild fires in my province recently. Fortunately, and I type this while knocking on the possibly wood of my desk, there are no big fires at all in my particular valley, so far anyway. So while our earlier heat wave has been followed by a significant amount of … Continue reading I’m fine. Are you fine? →

More of my ramblings about languages and one of my stories will be published eventually sometime

Cosmic Horror Monthly has accepted one of my pieces! I can't remember if I've already mentioned this or not. I unfortunately have no further information about this, except that'll it'll be fun to have one of my weirder flash fictions out in the world.Awhile ago, Learn German with Falk asked which languages we would learn … Continue reading More of my ramblings about languages and one of my stories will be published eventually sometime →

Language Learning Politics

A entirely unrelated note first: My publishing friend's Kickstarter for the anthology We Make the Village has hit it's first stretch goal! Thank you for your support! Now on to our originally scheduled post. There is a problem in the adult language learning community that I don’t see getting attention. It’s a social problem. It’s … Continue reading Language Learning Politics →

Let’s say it’s been six months…

It's been about five months as of February 20th since I started taking studying German semi-seriously. Unfortunately I don't have an "official" start date for myself, but mid-September feels about right.I took a couple of practice tests last week (Feb. 20th) to see if I've actually learned anything since then. I hope to take similar … Continue reading Let’s say it’s been six months… →