Creativity and Skill in Ancient Nigeria
Dear Helen, Dear John, The Federal Republic of Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa. Over half of West Africa’s people reside there. The Nigerian population is made up of 250 ethnic groups who...
View Article2 for 1: Two Resources that Can Improve Your French and German Simultaneously
I haven’t been as diligent in my language studies just lately. I’ve been dipping into a few minutes of a book or video here and there, a few times a week, instead of a good half hour to an hour every...
View ArticleAdmiration for Ancestors and Appliquéd Cloth: Benin
Dear Helen, Dear John, I read an interesting article today about appliquéd cloth in the country of Benin. These cloths told stories and preserved the history of Danhomè kings in ways that have a...
View ArticleYour Language Practice Can Help Someone Else
I’ve not been doing a lot of language study lately, more like a little bit of reading and listening here and there. I did find out however, about a way that you can practice some foreign language vocab...
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E is for Emilie Loring
When I was in my early teens my mother introduced me to Emilie Loring. I enjoyed her books that mingled mystery with adventure and a little romance and that valued character in the heroes and heroines....
View ArticleU is for Update
If you had been at my house yesterday you would have seen me giving my eleven-year-old niece history, typing, drawing, and Spanish lessons. You would have seen me reading a chapter of a book in five...
View ArticleZ is for Zenith
Late last night my mom took me out for a drive in the dark so that I could cry myself out privately and to entice me to eat something- anything. Drives, especially at night, tend to calm me. My mom was...
View ArticleA Bit of Happy #10: Reading, Russian, and the Soviet Union
I taught myself to read when I was four and have read fairly easily and happily ever since- until the last few months that is. It’s been hurting a lot to read just lately. I often have pain after...
View ArticleA Bit of Happy #6: Christian Ferras Playing Sibelius
I first discovered Jean Sibelius (among many other wonderful things) in Tennessee. I love libraries, but I will always have a special fondness for Nashville’s for this reason (along with the fact that...
View ArticleA Country with a Momentous History and a National Dance
Dear Helen, Dear John, The Dominican Republic has quite a history. It’s where Christopher Columbus originally landed. European colonization of the Americas began there. It’s located on an island that...
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