This is an excellent, frank, quotidian look at mutual aid work along the US border, and the everyday dehumanization of migrants waiting for processing in extreme conditions. Wherever you can donate or otherwise contribute to local action groups, thank you for doing what you can do. (Skip the ads.)
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https://pca.st/episode/5e18658f-d808-48fc-a43c-088af08729b4
@MLClark Another new word for my vocabulary, "quotidian"!
That's a neat one! I've certainly used it plenty in the past, especially in academic settings, but the Spanish equivalent, cotidiano, is so much more common that it's slipped into my English vocabulary with greater frequency, too.
Hope you're riding the wave of recent research winds well, Stephen. Or, you know, gearing up to a restful weekend. Either/or. :)
@MLClark Interesting what you wrote about words from one language slipping into your knowledge of another.
I had three years of French in high school. In college, I had two years of Russian. During my final quarter, I took beginning Spanish.
My mind was on graduation, so I didn't give the Spanish class much effort. I wouldn't know a word in Spanish, but I knew it in Russian or French, so I'd write that with a side note for the teacher. She laughed. But marked it wrong anyway.
Ha! Nice try all the same.
It's actually quite common for multilingual people to lose a word in *all* languages. Silly brains.
These days, Spanish and English are so thoroughly blended that I sometimes have to squint at my prepositions in English. They've ceased to sound *quite* as natural as they once did.
What's on tap this weekend for you? Reading? Writing? Running into old friends? Or simply trying to avoid the worst of Florida to enjoy the best of it? ;)
@MLClark I'm retired, so there's no "weekend." I stumbled into a subplot about Florida space labor that had eluded me. Someone finally was willing to talk to me, and vouched for me to other sources. So I may have to go revise other chapters, even #1.
I posted this earlier, if you didn't see it. Produced in 2008 but still a classic.
I laughed, I cried, I laughed again.
Thanks for that, Stephen.
And glad you're getting good more traction with sources. That'll be key for publication down the line! A solid step forward for sure.
As monotone as I can, yes.
@MLClark Ah, okay, thank you.
@MLClark A question about your audio book ... How do you handle the passages that were bold and in braces in the original text? Are you voicing them differently?