Comments on: The Softest Of Landings https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/ When FOMO Met YOLO Mon, 29 May 2023 12:42:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: marknevelow https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/#comment-65 Sat, 28 Jan 2023 02:12:52 +0000 https://nevelow.com/?p=496#comment-65 In reply to Stuart.

I think that works if you’ve had the several years of college French. Dorothy’s been at Duolingo for several years, so she’s farther along than I am, but attending a community college class in Spanish would make her cry.

We’re doing pretty well, and I’ve started French (getting ready for Africa…). We’re never going to be graceful, but we’re hopeful we can at least be understood.

]]> By: Stuart https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/#comment-63 Sat, 28 Jan 2023 01:40:58 +0000 https://nevelow.com/?p=496#comment-63 A pretty quick way to bone up on a foreign language is to attend lectures (maybe community college classes) and take notes in the native language. My several years of college French turned into fluency after a couple months of twice-daily three hour lectures.

]]> By: marknevelow https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/#comment-25 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 02:11:13 +0000 https://nevelow.com/?p=496#comment-25 The difference between smart preparation and OCD is whether the voices compel you…

]]> By: Lisa https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/#comment-24 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 02:07:05 +0000 https://nevelow.com/?p=496#comment-24 ]]> Why is that OCD? (CDO-alphbetcally speaking?) That’s just being prepared 🤔

]]> By: Nef https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/#comment-22 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:29:29 +0000 https://nevelow.com/?p=496#comment-22 Yes, best use of toe separators ever!! Tools are one thing that seriously don’t work as virtual simulacrums. E books from the library are an adequate replacement for a book. Not so much for scissors.

]]> By: marknevelow https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/#comment-12 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:38:22 +0000 https://nevelow.com/?p=496#comment-12 In reply to Bob.

You know Dorothy is the Queen of Repurposing. She gamified getting everything as stripped down as possible in terms of weight and volume, so we could travel fully equipped.

]]> By: marknevelow https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/#comment-10 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:35:18 +0000 https://nevelow.com/?p=496#comment-10 In reply to Lyna Colombo.

Dorothy will be buried with those Shozaburo scissors. No question they were coming with us.

]]> By: Lyna Colombo https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/#comment-9 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:20:28 +0000 https://nevelow.com/?p=496#comment-9 Best use of toe separators ever! Love the serious scissors!

]]> By: Bob https://nevelow.com/the-softest-of-landings/#comment-5 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:51:45 +0000 https://nevelow.com/?p=496#comment-5 I really like the bobbins for thread storage and the toe separators to store the bobbins. Brilliant!

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