Unseen Beauty

There is so much around us that goes unseen, unnoticed; like the drops of water on these blades of grass.

On my way to the Casa de Campo on this cold, foggy, late November morning I decided that my goal would be to find a lonely tree with brightly colored leaves that nobody would otherwise have noticed and display it here for all to see.

I was taking pictures of this horse path when this rider appeared. It completes the picture and my entry for today.

Casa de Campo

A few kilometers from my house is the “Casa de Campo”, an enormous park just on the edge of the city. There you can find all kinds of people practicing sports or simply enjoying nature. There are people riding bikes, others walking or running. Sometimes I’ve even seen people in roller-blades. One day I happened to see a group of painters with their easels gathered out in a field. Another day I heard a musician playing the bagpipes. It was neat! There are also people on horseback. And what about me? I’m one of the cyclists.

Dictations - Audio - Forums

Listen to this post: http://www.myprofe.com/audio/blog.mp3

I’ve been busy with my webpage lately. For one thing, I’m adding audio and I plan to continue because I think that this is one of the things that was missing. It’s difficult to learn a language if you can’t hear it.

I’ve added a job interview practice section with typical interview questions that you can listen to and practice answering. http://www.myprofe.com/job.htm

I’ve added a dictation section where you can hear and do the same dictations I do in class with my students. http://www.myprofe.com/dictation.htm

And whenever possible I’m linking the topics in the forum to related sections in the webpage, all of which should make the visit more complete and instructive. http://www.myprofe.com/tandem/viewtopic.php?t=110&highlight

I’ve also started participating in a number of other language forums, answering questions and correcting mistakes. This has been both rewarding and frustrating. It’s a question of finding a place where you are welcome. http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/student/viewtopic.php?p=84110&highlight=#84110

One thing that really bothers me is that the majority of these forums allow anonymous posts. Now that’s fine if you’re just going to read what others have written but if you’re going to post a message and request help the least you can do is identify yourself. I don’t even know the first language of the person I’m correcting.