Brian

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speaks: English

learns: Spanish, Portuguese (European), Italian

likes: reading, cooking, language learning, painting, drawing, architecture, culture

Brian 's avatar'

hello, my hobbies are : Flamenco guitar ,classical guitar. I paint, draw, and carve ( wood or stone ). And of course I love languages ! I'm just starting Italian , but I'm somewhere midway in Spanish ( on a good day ! ) I love the art of such people as Leonardo Da Vinci ,and Pietro Anigoni , and also JMW.Turner and John Singer Sargent.

Leicester, England

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book club: Seta and Novecento

I have started on Novecento first. Just a feeling, maybe because it's smaller , but the idea/theme is more interesting to me . We shall see. I'll be on holiday next week so I will be taking it with
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Sep 16 - 1 min. read

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catch up time

hello fellow Journaler's I have a new teacher for my Italian learning. Two lessons so far, and I'm happy with the situation. Spanish is improving slowly. I'm helping a friend with his learning, so
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Aug 9 - 1 min. read

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A brief pause ....

Since my last post we took a short holiday. Then people came to stay and others visited , so my learning went a little astray. But now I can get back with intention. I have a new teacher in Italian ,
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Jul 21 - 1 min. read

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The New Journal

Well, here I am. Monday 5th of July 2021. My new journal has one entry, Yay !!! I did a lot of Italian yesterday( Sunday ) I can't recall how many hours but it wasn't exhaustive, I mean I wasn't
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Jul 5 - 1 min. read

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keeping a journal ,a good idea or not ?

Happy Friday fellow Journalers ! A brief message today. Un breve messagio .Uma breve mensagem . Un mensaje corto. Icelandic...Mmmm ? I am not in general a journal or a diary person. I have tried in
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Jul 2 - 1 min. read

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no race to the top

Since writing my post yesterday about the footprints on the beach I think I am going to write something regarding my own methods on a more regular basis. Hopefully it may inspire, help, etc. Well,
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Jun 28 - 1 min. read

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dream time

A thought for a Sunday: Imagine: You are walking along a beach. It is deserted. But then you come across some footprints that somebody created yesterday. They had no beginning , they just suddenly
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Jun 27 - 1 min. read

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The intermediate plateau

This is cannot be real ! The intermediate plateau is all in your mind, so,... if you want you can just disbelieve it exists . It can be a figment of your imagination, but only if you allow it to be .
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Jun 25 - 1 min. read

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new start

I forgot to say : I will be writing here more often too, ( in all my languages ) as and how and when they develop ! Quiero ser mas positivo en mi vida, por mantener el direccion .
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Jun 24 - 1 min. read

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Now or never ?

Well, it's now or never. 24th of JUNE 2021. My Spanish I feel needs a push uphill from B something, I'm going to give it a heavy push. . My Italian is getting better, I feel my vocab is improving but
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Jun 24 - 1 min. read

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A new start

ciao amici Ho detto che devo parlare in italiano per 18 marzo, pero non lo so ! Ho imparato molto vocabolario e grammatica, adesso, voglio dire , e mettere il mia conoscenza qui. Feel free to pull my
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May 22 - 1 min. read

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language leaning , ( yes ! Leaning on each other )

Well, here I am , motivated . I said somewhere ages ago that I aim to be A2 in Italian by my birthday this year 18 march. Don't worry about sending a card :-) I have signed up for x 1 free One to One
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Feb 9 - 1 min. read

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Highlighter pens

I wrote on Youtube about highlighter pens . I think it was an attached comment under one of Robin Macpherson's videos, I don't recall. I thought that the person who invented them ought to have got the Nobel prize !Someb
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Nov 10 - 1 min. read

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Maintaining motivation

I'm not sure exactly how to put this but here goes ! First post. I watched Robin's Youtube video on motivation.I did comment there but decided to put a bit more here. I have been stuck somewhere midway in Spanish for a
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Nov 9 - 1 min. read

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