Finally got my Rosetta Stone software to work! Now for the scary part, actually trying to learn another language! I tried to learn Latin in high school, and had a working knowledge of Spanish when I lived in California and managed a restaurant, but now I want to actually learn a language from the ground up.

I am starting with Spanish. That definitely seems the most reasonable and practical. This software is pretty cool. In just a few minutes I've got a grasp of a few nouns and verbs. It uses a group of pictures, says a phrase, and you have to choose the correct picture for the phrase. Better than the rote memorization that I recall from my earlier forays into languages...

This software has Arabic, Welsh, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Swedish, and Turkish. And that is just on one DVD. I haven't loaded the other DVD yet but it is packed with more languages.

Maybe I will actually break that English-only stereotype that most of us Americans have. Worth a shot!

Wish me luck!!

Just finished another painting!

Welcome

I see you
Hidden between the lines
Across the spaces
Between words
A fleeting glimpse

It is as it should be

Not empty lines
Being cast into waterless pools
But baited hooks
Into the bountiful waters of hope

A moment's breath
Caught between the rise
And fall
Of civilizations
The respiration of nations
While we are

And

It is as it should be