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Quick update!

 It looks like I’ve been missing in action recently. Life has got rather busy of late - not least due to me filling my days by doing things that count towards badges. For example. I’ve been getting out in the garden, planting things I’ve grown from seeds, checking on the plants that I’ve planted out, and talking to the plants as well. Sometimes I stroke the leaves and the stems / trunks of trees. Then there is the Fitness badge, the Runner badge, the Craft badge, - and then let’s add in Chef, Reader, Adventurer, Activist and Fundraiser too. If this were not enough, I thought I’d give the Linguist a go too - I’ve been trying to learn Spanish for quite a few years, and have started several times, with different books. This time I thought I’d try using DuoLingo, and - I have to say I am quite impressed with the app! It reinforces the lessons well, gets you practising each of the four skills, and introduces new vocabulary gradually. Having trained as a language teacher, I do have certain expectations and criteria for what I think the language learning experience should be - how well it engages the learner.

Added to all this badge work (well, actually the garden needed some attention, and other aspects are challenges I have set for myself) - there is the charity of which I’m a trustee and chairperson. We have our AGM coming up, and I also run the 200+ Club for it - which is about to have the first draw of the new year.

So - all of this has led to me doing things - getting on and doing them, rather than writing about them. I will certainly try to do a bit more to keep up to date with my progress for the different badges…starting tomorrow! Why not now? Because it is gone 10pm, I was hoping for an early night, and I want to do a bit of Spanish before turning the light out (got to stay near the top of the leaderboard don’t you know?!), as well as reading a few pages of my book.




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