by Dwane | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Quixotic: Idealistic, yet impractical. Visionary. Quixotic comes from the name Don Quixote in the famous tale by Miguel Cervantes. I try to post a word a day on my site and on Facebook. Judging by my record, this may be a quixotic goal on my part. Oh well. ...
by Dwane | Nov 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Like most of you, I love learning. I spend much of my free time learning. Over the years, I have subscribed to the site formerly known as The Great Courses. These days, the site goes by the name Wondrium. I still call the site, The Great Courses. Honestly, the...
by Dwane | Nov 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a word of the day. Back. At least for today. This morning, in a Latin class, we learned the word Vita. Vita, in Latin, means life. From vita, English gleans multiple words. A bunch of them showed up in Word up: Volume...
by Dwane | Oct 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Recently, I discovered the book, The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz. I recommend the book. Among many other good suggestions, Mr. Schwartz recommended taking college classes for the rest of you life. Schedule it in. Plan on taking at least one class a...
by Dwane | Oct 6, 2023 | Education, French, Italian, Latin, Motivation, Spanish
I received this question. It sparked a short correspondence between us Good afternoon and thank you for your resources! What is the most important/significant material to glean from Virgil’s Aeneid, from a grammar and/or rhetoric perspective? I am leading a...
