My two college language courses are a constant source of amusement, challenge, and beneficial stress for me. Today I was to give a 15-minute presentation in Spanish class (in Spanish, of course!) on a topic of my choice – anything of interest in recent headlines from a Spanish-speaking country. I chose to discuss censorship in [...]

Today was one of my Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly “Meet and Eat” breakfast events, which took place at my very favorite venue: the Garden House at Look Park. It was a frigid morning, so there was no lingering in the garden today, but the crackling blaze in the great stone fireplace offered considerable consolation. As [...]

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know I love languages and that I’ve been taking Spanish for a while with the goal of being able to offer voice-over in Spanish. The language I’ve studied the longest besides English, however, is actually German. I started taking it in 7th or 8th grade, [...]