I took care of Baby Delilah last week. Her parents are musicians, so I think they sing to her a lot before they put her to bed. I know some French songs from my mother and some church songs from my Lutheran God and I taught preschool so I can grimace through The [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘baseball’
30 September 2007
The Fate Of Those Who Love Carelessly With Their Faces In The Sun And Don’t Ever Want To Learn How To Stop Doing That Each Fall
17 June 2007
The Accidental Say
In Spanish, there’s a grammatic convention that I think borders on perfect. It’s the accidental “se,” or accidental reflexive, and it serves to put the blame, well, not on me. When unintentional events occur in the English language, the actor stays the same–Bill Buckner lost the ball–but, in Spanish, se le perdió [...]
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