Category: learning
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Yesterday, with the hubris of someone who conceives a grand plan without considering what a pain in the butt it will be to accomplish, I announced I would try reading a French detective novel in French as a way to improve my very sketchy language skills. Here’s what that looks like. The paragraph below is…
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I want to spend some time this month considering the people who called the Willamette Valley home for thousands of years. Congress and then-president George Bush in 1990 set aside November to recognize the contributions of Native Americans, and I appreciate that effort as a reminder for me to learn more. Here in Oregon the…
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For the past few months, my mother, who is coming up on her 99th birthday, has been reading the Qu’ran, the holy book of Islam. Anyone who knows my mother recognizes her deep faith as a Christian, but also knows how interested she is in the world. She decided this summer that reading this book…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 