At first I had hoped to continue with da studies as it was in June, as much as possible, but then I understood my focus was getting worse and I needed a break. So I took it and caught up… Read More »July’23 – a Mid-Summer break
I have mixed feeling about the month. On the one hand I did a lot of things, on the other I was ill again, like I hadn’t been for a long time (I guess I caught flu after a virus),… Read More »December’22 – Language Advent, Articles and a Masterclass
November is one of the hardest months of the year for me (together with March). It’s dark. The weather is usually gloomy. The days are getting shorter. And there are viruses going around… This November wasn’t very different except for… Read More »November’22 – Lots of Writing, Some Marketing and Maths
Here’s something else for you from Making Sense by David Crystal, about what children acquire in a language after they have mastered its “basic” grammar. I find it especially interesting because it’s a feature of grammar that’s not so often mentioned… Read More »On one of the stages of language acquisition in children
Overall, I’d say the month was difficult, even though it started quite nicely with a trip to my grandparents. But there I had an incident of food poisoning and got a headache. Back home I didn’t sleep well almost half… Read More »October’22 – the Countryside, Writing, Maths
Well, I’m sure how to describe the month… Contrasts maybe? At the beginning of July I had a really good time with movies like it used to be in university years and put me into an excellent mood. Then I… Read More »July’22 – Films, books and French
June was a lazy month. I took it easy and didn’t do much. Most but of all I like the mood, which is very similar to the one in my school times: another school year is over, all exams and… Read More »June’22 – Kolomna, Mikhail M. Prishvin and Maths
I’d say that May was relatively productive with its first part being almost exclusively dedicated to learning data analytics. Afterwards I mostly rested, read and explored interesting things. The Experiment In April I started an experiment: finish all the remaining… Read More »May’22 – Successful Experiment, Music from Childhood, Kuprin and Santiago de Compostella
Beethoven’s sonatas In addition to the Goldberg Variation I had a bit of Beethoven’s sonatas this month. Most of Beethoven’s music is passionate, with great energy and strength, almost rebellious and often very loud… That can get a bit too… Read More »April’22 – Beethoven, a bit of Design, an Experiment and the Usual
March was busy. I continued writing posts for my channels. I played the piano about once a week. Plus books, movies and podcasts. All of it created a nice variety. For some details see below. VK group Initially, I thought… Read More »March’22 – VK Group, Organising Notes, LOTR, Inspiring Podcasts and Speed Reading