culture. education. literary studies.
At the very beginning of autumn, I'm happy to launch the latest title in the Grammaticus Free Library series: "The Ambitious Guest" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It's an excellent story about the uncertainty of life and the fragility of human aspirations.
The topic of this post are weather idioms, i.e. idioms with meteorological terms as key words. As youโll see, they are all used metaphorically to describe human moods and experiences; some may be rather logical, others not so!
Unlike most of Sassoon's war poems, the verses of this one have a calming and reassuring effect, leaning on lovely pastoral imagery. But thereโs also a lingering sense of loss and sorrow throughout โ subtle yet deep and unsettling.
In this post, Iโll present a selection of podcasts and radio programmes produced in Esperanto. If youโre an Esperantist looking for up-to-date audio content, a learner seeking listening practice, a radio enthusiast, or just someone curious about what Esperanto sounds like, the following will be a useful resource.
