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There are terms for describing confused multilingual speakers. Here in the US the term Spanglish describes intermingled Spanish and English portions in a line of communication. Consulting with google – the term Denglish describes the mix of German and English words. This is still different from natural integration processes of foreign terms into a native […]

When we went on our recent one-week trip to Mexico I was excited for the opportunity to practice the Spanish skills, that I have acquired over the last six month or so. Leading up to the trip I increased the number of sessions I signed up for, and I also made sure to go through

Get ready for the Superbowl! Though I am not talking about the game that observers say will be exciting and also I am not talking about the creative advertisement spots and the half-time show that are expected every year with equal suspense. You would wonder why, what I am about to refer to, would not

There is a lot of wisdom out there on how to live your life and how to recognize its twists and turns. Many, by now, famous quotes and sayings to enforce it can be found. “Life is happening” – a quote originally made by Allen Saunders in 1957 – he was a journalist, cartoonist and

It has been several months since I started learning Spanish in an online language school. It continues to be an interesting endeavor – sometimes elating and sometimes frustrating, the latter one especially when I cannot remember the vocabulary we learned and used in reading and talking exercises prior. The exciting part is that the process

It has been a unusual winter here in the Northwest this year so far – warmer than usual temperatures, so that the moisture that came our way plentifully in December settled mostly as rain rather than snow. When finally, two feet accumulated on the ground I pulled the trigger – full of anxiety since that

Do you have those? I don’t have those either but if I did, there is a local heating and cooling company that advertises their ability to fulfill those. That is really good to know and in fact hard to forget since the spot airs on local radio pretty persistently.

When we grew up kale and leeks were winter vegetables. While there are others these two could literally be left outside in the frost, kale in particular turns brown and becomes the ingredient of brown kale, a dish that is only served after the first frost occurs. Have you ever wondered if animals also have

Autonomously driving vehicles show up in the news at some frequency, so when I first saw them in San Francisco a few days ago, I knew immediately what they were. Surprising perhaps that there were quite a few and also from different companies zipping around. Curious I signed up with Waymo, who has truly driverless

If you had asked me a few weeks ago, how I felt about San Francisco, I would probably have given a mixed answer. It has been a long time since my last visit for recreational purposes – in fact 2018 is the last time I went and showed the town to my sister and her