There is a quiet tax now, and it does not arrive in the mail. No government votes on it. No minister announces it. No one even has the honesty to call it what it is. It is the tax on being alone.
Not solitude in the poetic sense. Not the noble retreat of monks, writers, or the occasional sane person hiding from the species. I mean ordinary modern singleness: paying … Read the rest
What people miss when they talk about village life is usually not village life.
They miss the picture of it. The smell of bread. The stove ticking in winter. Chickens scratching in the dust. A man coming home with dirt on his hands and knowing exactly what he has done that day. A woman pulling preserves from a cellar shelf. A table with real food on it, not something extruded, … Read the rest
Content advisory 18+ What differences are there between friendships that are mostly face-to-face and those that are mostly online?”
So ran one of the questions in a student book that formed the basis of my Skype lesson this morning with a fellow named Roman, who has studied with me since 2009. He was Pre-Intermediate then, and now we have gone through five or six Advanced level books together. Most of … Read the rest
Контент 18+ (лексика, описание содержимого продуктов питания)
На прошлой неделе мы, наконец, проехали танки, автоматы, Москву 70-х и современные баллистические (в простонародье – ядерные) ракеты, и плавно перетекли к нуждам более житейским.
А какие они? Ну, для начала поесть. В понедельник –вторник мы с Эриком уже описывали качество сервиса и еды на прилавках магазинов нашей родины и особенности ресторанной культуры, теперь поговорим за глобализацию.
На самом деле культура потребления … Read the rest
