Today I finished the first level of Greek Pimsleur and promptly got started on the second. Different verb forms and tenses are floating around in my head. Pimsleur has already introduced me to some past, present, and future, and I…
Today I chose to do Rosetta Stone instead of Pimsleur because, frankly, I felt too delicate for Pimsleur. Pimsleur requires a lot of mental energy and focus, particularly for non-Romance languages. With Rosetta Stone, on the other hand, you can…
I have been doing a lot of Rosetta Stone. I am definitely learning from it, but I concede I am having a hard time at any given moment understanding where I am in the sequence of lessons. I plan to…
I woke up way too early and promptly began studying. It made me happy. I did a lot of Pimsleur today. I took Pimsleur with me as I ran errands all over town, including a number…
Today I woke up early and went to Central Park to take pictures of a Father’s Day race, which I would probably have been running if not for my injury. It was a pea soup kind of day, hot…
Yesterday I couldn’t take it anymore: I ran. I wasn’t initially sure it would be a good idea, but my doctor said okay, try it, though without great enthusiasm. He taped up my feet, which helped a lot. …
I took Pimsleur to Central Park with me tonight and enjoyed an educational walk. It also happened to be the first evening of the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge, a 3.5-mile race, so I took pictures. I think there were something…
I am doing at least a couple of hours of stretching daily, accompanied by Pimsleur to make it more palatable. All the stretching is helping my Greek skills, but I am not sure I am getting any more flexible, which…
It has been eight days since my last run. Grumpily, I went to midtown this morning to swim; this is all part of my cross-training plan, to give my injured heels a chance to heal. I hope it works, because…
I am feeling very, very happy with all my Greek materials. Between Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone, and my various books I have what feels like an endless supply of ways to learn. I couldn’t do any one of these things…
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