Now we're talkin summer! This is good. I've walked the dogs, the sun is bright, the day warm. Yesterday we went to the city to see an opera, and it was summery! I really was touched by "Heart of a Soldier". The story is amazing - I'd read the book years before - and it is told beautifully, with powerful sets and lovely voices and some real acting. I believe the entire audience was in tears by the end. It's about bravery and what might be behind it, and how it is a kind of grace that saves our world. A few days before, a young man had been presented with the Medal of Honor, and this opera provided insight into that kind of soldier. The kind that leaves no one behind, and never gives up.
Then I went home and sat outside and read my Michael Moore book, "Here Comes Trouble". It's very funny, but provides insight into another kind of hero. I feel positively inspired!
Now if I could just pronounce "mujer" on my Rosetta Stone lessons. I tried it so many times yesterday, but I'm doing something wrong. I can get by without trilling my "r"s, but somehow my "j" is an offense to the computer program. Oh, dear. How will I actually speak with another person, especially a mujer. I guess I can only speak to hombres or ninos or ninas. I've got those down pat.
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