Imbolc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Cold Moon<\/p>\n
The snow has stopped.\u00a0 Our neighbors, the Perlich’s, had relatives visiting today with snowmobiles which they happily drove on the Perlich’s lot.\u00a0 I hope it was to make Greg feel better.\u00a0\u00a0 By city ordinance snowmobiles cannot come below a street about a mile north of us, but in this situation I won’t complain.<\/p>\n
Chapters 2 and 3 in Wheelock completed.\u00a0 That means I’ve copied declensions for 1st and second declension nouns, taken a shot at learning them, but count on repetition over time to cement the case endings.\u00a0 I’ve also read about grammar, syntax and word order.\u00a0\u00a0 Then Wheelock has sentences from Latin writers like Horace, Catullus, Phaedres.\u00a0 My job is to translate them.\u00a0 At the end of the Latin sentences are sentences in English to be translated into Latin.\u00a0 After this, once for each chapter, there is a paragraph, again from a Latin man of letters.\u00a0 Today it was Horace.\u00a0 I don’t recall yesterday’s.<\/p>\n
This work demands nose to the grind stone type studying.\u00a0 Create flash cards.\u00a0 Review flash cards.\u00a0 Copy declensions.\u00a0 Use declensions.\u00a0 Learn grammar.\u00a0 Use grammar.\u00a0 Translate from and into.\u00a0 It feels like real studying, which it is, I guess.<\/p>\n
So far, I like it.\u00a0 A lot, actually.\u00a0 In fact I’m a little surprised at how much I like it.<\/p>\n
The novel\u00a0 keeps on spooling out, nearing mid-way or somewhere close.\u00a0 I plan to write on it during the retreat using my handy net book and my take along keyboard.\u00a0 I suppose I’ll study some Latin there, too.\u00a0 Very appropriate at a Benedictine monastery where Latin is still a living language.\u00a0 Sort of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imbolc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Cold Moon The snow has stopped.\u00a0 Our neighbors, the Perlich’s, had relatives visiting today with snowmobiles which they happily drove on the Perlich’s lot.\u00a0 I hope it was to make Greg feel better.\u00a0\u00a0 By city ordinance snowmobiles cannot come below a street about a mile north of us, but in this situation I … Continue reading Back To School<\/span>