Summer Solstice Moon
Latin today. Two weeks ago I got dejected about it, feeling less than able, starting to talk to myself about letting it go. Then I got into the material on plateaus that I wrote about a week or so ago. Learning to love the plateau, that’s a real key, so I adjusted my attitude. Result? A very good session today where we went into two particular verses that I had had a lot of trouble with.
Greg helped me untangle them. Find the whole, first. That is, Subject-Verb-Object. Then work on the pieces. That’s not always so easy when the verses grow long and convoluted, but it is the method that has helped me move up in my understanding. Now I need to apply it with even more rigor and consistency.
On Tuesday I got Livy’s De Rerum Natura, a three volume treatment with Latin text and commentary and aids. He’s next for me, or, in addition to, Ovid.
Latin keeps on challenging me on the one hand and giving me rewards on the other. Today, in the mode of Solstice extravagance, I’m glad I’ve given it so much time over the last 3 1/2 years. It has enriched my life in many ways.