(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . IAN: February 10, 2023... Y degfed o Chwefror [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-09 Happy Friday! I have been studying Welsh on Duolingo for several years now. The dreaded tylluan (owl) haunts your email every day if you don’t log in to do your lesson by a particular time. I would have over 3 years solid by now if it hadn’t been for my emergency hernia repair. I missed too many days and it restarted my count, right now I’m on a 99 day streak so far, I was like 485 days when I had the surgery. And there was a break before that because of being in the hospital with a COPD flare, of about a year and a half streak. They have redone how they are organizing the units a few times, I’ve had to start over twice because of that, which is fine, I don’t mind the review. I’m currently on unit 39. Some days I only get one lesson completed, some days I get 3 or 4, it depends how heavy the brain fog is and how much I’m struggling on a given day. But I continue to learn and be productive, so that’s good. As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care! IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a PM to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news! Monday Youffraita Tuesday ejoanna Wednesday Pam from Calif Thursday art ah zen Friday FloridaSNMOM Saturday FloridaSNDad Sunday loggersbrat Here’s a video to give you a little taste of what Welsh sounds like, and a peek at a Welsh town. Another way I keep learning is through a Youtube series called SciShow. I thought I would include the new Holderness Family video, since Valentine’s day is coming up… And this next video is just.. entertaining. PS: The Welsh in the title means “The tenth of February.” [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/9/2152070/-IAN-February-10-2023-Y-degfed-o-Chwefror Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/