o cute happy lemons! (photo from blog: babalisme!)
Happy Bday to all the July babies (of yore....;) ) 'Crumpet' or GW-Heather - Devyn-skye-apple-pie - is 16 today! (and hopefully has been WELL kissed...ha) - Pops is coming up and he'll be here for it and taking a maiden - moto- voyage to get here! - and the end of the month will be Grams - she's passed but lives on daily in my life! So all you dear july babies - I love ya and hope you celebrated yourself! Hugs all around.
So, ASL Immersion is completed. Boy I was brain-fried on Friday. I so hate goodbyes! I do my best to try and avoid them (why, I wouldn't want to get all emotional as I am want to do....o, that would never do - unless I have a hanky handy.. run for the hills is much easier...;)
It was really awesome. Take some ASL classes. It is a beautiful language and culture. Indeed - one of the biggest things I learned: it is not English put into 'hand' language. Nope. Not at all. It is a language unto itself and it's expression varies across Canada and the World.
As I drove home everyday I thought about what I'd learned and people I'd met. How ASL has enriched me. One thing for sure - it will make me a better communicator. I think ASL helps us hearing-folk communicate better. How so? The language is so expressive and visual. If you can't 'find the words' you can use your face and body to relay what you mean. It is like living in your body - putting on your face what you mean. You let the person know you are talking to that you are listening and understand - you have to pay attention to what they are saying with their hands and body for one thing and since you can't 'grunt' or say 'ah ha' - you nod that you get it or ask for is and so visual. You certainly do have to 'mean' what you 'say'.
anyway, pork chops cooked and lettuce from RoMo's garden in a salad on the table. A nice glass of wine is calling my name. More later dear lovies. Cheers!
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