PostsCommentsfiberfrau in #bbh • 5 days agoMy Language Learning Project: Part 9I continue my journey using Duolingo. I have reached A2 level competency in German, according to the app, which means I could handle most simple social situations (ordering food…fiberfrau in #bbh • last monthMy Language Learning Project, Part 8I continue my journey using Duolingo. I spent more time on Spanish this week, simply because I'm finding I already know a lot of basic vocabulary just from casual exposure. I…fiberfrau in #bbh • 2 months agoMy Language Learning Project, Part 7I continue my journey using Duolingo. I'd like to share a few other tools I use to help with some of my languages. First, I acquire a basic grammar for each language I think I…fiberfrau in #bbh • 2 months agoMy Language Learning Project, Part 6: Steady Progress in Multiple LanguagesI have let Klingon slide, since I have so many Earth languages I want to learn. Greek is new to the list, but only because my husband wondered if it might be useful in teaching…fiberfrau in #education • 5 months agoMy Language Learning Project, Part 3: Progress MadeOne reason I am interested in the Norwegian language is my appreciation for the folk art of the people, particularly needlework. We learn a lot about a culture from the things…fiberfrau in #education • 5 months agoMy Language Learning Project Part 2: Choosing Languages_Above photo of the author in afiberfrau in #hive-119826 • 5 months agoMy Language Learning Project Part 1: An Alien LanguageA while back I was working my shift at a university library reference desk and pondering the nature of human learning. I considered how a person my age has forgotten what it was…fiberfrau in #ctp • 2 years agoWhy so Few Posts Lately? I am Alive.I am well, but it is coming up on the 1-year anniversary of my daughter's untimely death. I am beginning stage two of healing my traumatized mind. (Stage one was just surviving…fiberfrau in #hive-119826 • 2 years agoUpdate on New Year HopesI started the year with 3 big plans: Get back to doing bridal alterations in my community. Grow my skills in sewing machine maintenance and troubleshooting. Catch up…fiberfrau in #hive-168088 • 2 years agoTruth is the Literal Answer to EverythingWithout truth, nothing works. We need truth in physics, or our cars don't work. We need truth in relationships or we kill trust. We need truth in math or our budgets are off.…fiberfrau in #hive-168088 • 2 years agoBankman-Fried and Government CorruptionThe evil in American government runs so deep and wide anyone with a brain can see it for what it is. The [nauseating press conference](fiberfrau in #hive-127911 • 2 years agoImprovising a New BlouseThis tunic top is made with leftovers from my plaid skirt (made last month) supplemented with some black broadcloth from my stash. Plaid is in front:  School Choice Parents have an obligation to educate their children as well as…fiberfrau in #hive-168088 • 2 years agoPandemia: Book ReviewAlex Berenson must have been doing something right, judging by the quality of the people who oppose him. Pandemia is his account of the questions he tried to ask and the…fiberfrau in #hive-119826 • 3 years agoSurvival Post from a Soul in TurmoilI have been absent from the community during a period of mourning, but I wanted to take a moment to say I am alive. The grief over my daughter's death is mingled with the grief…fiberfrau in #hive-127911 • 3 years agoThe Long and Short of ItThe Long Skirt When I was a schoolgirl, prairie dresses were in style. The most coveted of those dresses were the Jessica McClintock Gunne Sax dresses. Fortunately for a…
