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Monthly Archive May, 2005

Language Lessons on the BBC

Dear British Taxpayer:
Thank you!
For some time, I’ve been impressed with the development of the BBC’s Welsh language lessons, especially because they contain lessons for learners above the basic level. Finding affordable language lessons above the beginner level anywhere but in higher education institutions is difficult.
Now it appears they have lessons in French and several [...]

New Development

The Lemon Hill area has a lot of potential, and one developer wants to bring that potential out. The problem is, county building codes don’t know how to handle the idea of creative, higher density, development. This article discusses the problems a developer is facing as he tries to breathe new life into [...]

If a poet falls in a forest…

National poetry month has come and gone. Did anyone notice?
Anyone?
We have a Poet Laureate. His name is Ted Kooser. Too bad the Library of Congress’ official Poet Laureate site doesn’t bother with an example of his poetry (except by link). Oops.