I may as well titled this post, “Changing Hats.” Or how about “Juggling Balls.” Or try this one, “The Ultimate Multitasker!” It’s been quite a week! Last Saturday I was cheering on my former student, Sophia Stark, as she starred in a Disney-themed concert with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra concert at the Waikiki Shell. Sophia… Read More Switching gears
By that I mean meeting someone in person whom you’ve only known online before! Today I met Dr. Kathleen Jobe, an emergency room physician who is in my Cada Día Spanish class. One of the regular practices of the class is to say where you zooming in from and how’s the weather, so we all… Read More Absolutely fantastic!
If you think I’ve « gone silent » lately, you might be right. My last post in this blog was about 11 days ago, and just in that short time, I have been, in one word, overwhelmed— by the number of responsibilities and deadlines I am dealing with. Outside of playing for church every Sunday… Read More Not enough hours in the day!
I learned a new word today: Deux-olingo, which describes someone who is trying to learn two languages at once. I learned the word from one of the latest blogs on the Duolingo app, https://blog.duolingo.com/how-to-learn-multiple-languages/. Go ahead and click the link, you’ll find it most interesting! It’s only been about three weeks now, but I’ve spent… Read More Deux-olingo
You probably know that I’ve been struggling to learn Spanish over the last three years, spending two hours per day with Duolingo, listening to Spanish podcasts, attending online classes, having daily Zoom tutoring sessions and watching Spanish telenovelas every night. And yet … I consider myself an intermediate student with only a moderate fluency. Sure,… Read More It’s not fair!
Hoy es el cumpleaños de mi esposo, un pianista, cantante y director de musica. A el no le gustaba esta fecha, 11 septiembre desde la tragedia que occurió en 2001. El quería cambiar su cumpleaños y dijo: “Todo el mundo está cantando misas de réquiem por mi cumpleaños!” [Today is the birthday of my husband,… Read More Hoy es el cumpleaños …
Te amo, tutu! (I love you, grandma) I asked my grandson to call me “tutu” which is “grandma” in Hawaiian. These were his last words in yesterday’s telephone call. Two and a half years ago, if I heard these words, I wouldn’t have had a clue what they meant. It was then that I decided… Read More Te amo, tutu!