culture. education. literary studies.
Journaling can be a wonderfully rewarding practice, done for many different reasons. Some people keep a journal to help them cope with difficult life situations; for others it's a way to record important moments or reflections on past experiences. As an educator, I always encourage students, regardless of which level they're at, to keep a journal in (or about) the language they're learning.
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.
