weekly posts on literature, languages, and learning
The Weekend Listener is an eclectic weekly list of noteworthy podcasts and radio recordings, old and new, curated for your listening pleasure. Posts in this series are published on Fridays – please search the website for the previous instalments. LANGUAGE Word of Mouth: A Murmuration of Starlings Photo by Somya Dinkar on Pexels.com I've recently …
As I’m writing this on an early autumn evening, I can see a large group of crows flying over the nearby trees. With a golden sunset as a backdrop, it’s a stunning sight, and one I get to enjoy a lot this time of year. Inspired by that scene, in this post I'd like to …
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