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Karen in Appalachia 📚🥾🎵
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Learning Spanish (B1) & French (A1), reading, hiking, singing, playing the ukulele & photography. Call the southern Appalachians home. #langsky #musicsky
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This book should arrive tomorrow: Learning #French from #Spanish and Spanish from French. I couldn’t resist. (Description in alt-text) #languagelearning
Teal and reddish orange book cover with title Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French provides adult English speakers who have learned either Spanish or French as a second language with the tools to learn the other as a third language. Research in the growing fields of third-language acquisition and multilingualism documents how successful language learners intuitively build on their existing knowledge as they learn a new language. In this vein, Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French takes advantage of the fact that learners with intermediate proficiency in a second language are used to thinking consciously about language, know themselves as language learners, and can capitalize on what they know about one language to understand the other. With chapters conveniently organized by grammatical concept and including supplementary resources such as exercises, parallel reading texts, and audio files, this book will benefit students, travelers, and budding multilinguals alike.
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I was given some leftover flowers from a luncheon at work. I really need give myself flowers every now and then because each time I look at this little bouquet I smile.
Small bouquet of yellow flowers, a larger reddish orange flower and some red berries in a warm brown clay vase.
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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They are.
MEDIA ALERT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025 Sheriff McFadden Receives Confirmation U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Personnel Expected in Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 12, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry L. McFadden was contacted by two separate federal officials confirming that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel will be arriving in the Charlotte area as early as this Saturday or the beginning of next week. At this time, specific details regarding the federal operation have not been disclosed and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) has not been requested to assist with or participate in any enforcement actions. Sheriff McFadden emphasized that the MCSO will remain vigilant and continue to address and focus on the needs of our community as it does each and every day, however MCSO will not be involved with any measures regarding enforcement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP. "We value and welcome the renewed collaboration and open communication with our federal partners" Sheriff McFadden said. "It allows us to stay informed and be proactive in keeping Mecklenburg County safe and to maintain the level of trust our community deserves." Sheriff McFadden remains committed to transparency and will keep the community updated as more information becomes available.
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A very large #spider web on our deck this foggy morning. Some sort of orb weaver. #photography
Water droplets on a large spider web with orb weaver spider in the middle. Yard and foggy woods in background. Water droplets on a large spider web with orb weaver spider in the middle. Yard and foggy woods in background.
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Recently I switched my Netflix icon to the Winona Ryder one. My son initially thought was me.

Bless his heart. If only.
Netflix icon of Winona Ryder wearing reddish brown toboggan withe the name Karen underneath.
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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This was such a nice moment of seeing this little guy looking at me while I was reading on the deck. #photography #wildlife #deer

Goodness, as I was writing this a red-shouldered hawk flew by.

I will be on the deck the rest of the day.
Fawn looking towards me. Ferns and other green vegetation in foreground and background.
September 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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I hiked over 3.5 miles this morning. The weather was gorgeous. Sunny with highs in the upper 60s.

#photography #appalachia #hiking
I was sitting on a bridge with my legs hanging over the side. Woods in the background. Pond in the forest. The trees are reflected in the water. Blue sky above. Wooded hiking trail.
September 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Me right now. It’s been a hell of a week.
August 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Saw a purple #mushroom on my hike earlier today. In fact I saw yellow, orange, red and brown mushrooms as well.

#photography
Looking at the top of a purple mushroom. Surrounded by brown leaves and small green plants Looking at a purple mushroom from the side. Mostly surrounded by brown leaves
August 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I’m ready for #fall. Yes, I really am. #photography
One limb of a Japanese maple with golden leaves.
August 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Have this photo set as my phone wallpaper. Makes me smile every time. 😊
White billy goat looking at standing behind wire fence in green field.
August 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Me waiting to go to work this evening. *sigh*
Three frames: man sitting on swing looking into space, man sitting at table looking down, man standing in a pool without water with hands behind his back
August 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Your public library is a great resource for language learning. Reviewing first few chapters of #French course. Entire course (30 lessons) is free via Hoopla Digital. #langsky
Open laptop on desk showing a woman speaking French on the right and a man on a street on the left. Workbook open in front of computer.
July 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn’t a selfie
A gray and white cat lying on bed with his paws wrapped around his face (My cat Dave who passed away two years ago. Best cat ever.)
July 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Another goat photo because #goats

#photography
White long hair billy goat behind a wire fence in a green pasture looking right at the camera
July 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Working on Closer to Fine by the Indigo Girls. Indoor activity since it’s thunderstorms o’clock again. #ukulele
Tenor, concert (light wood tops) and banjo ukulele on a table with a laptop to the right. Opened three-ringed binder in front of laptop.
June 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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A little bit of peace in the mountains. Bees and rhododendrons with the creek sounds in the background.
June 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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A rather large #mushroom on my walk yesterday afternoon.
Very large flat reddish orange mushroom. My foot beside it to show size.
June 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I need three pairs of googly eyes STAT! 👀
Three mops propped up against a brick wall.
June 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Went hiking and saw a salamander crossing the trail. Best photo I could get.

#hiking #salamander #Appalachia #amphibians
Black salamander on rocks looking at me as if asking me if I was done because he would like to go about his way.
June 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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After the march I visited the library. Excited to read this one.

#booksky #appalachia #scotland #musicsky
Cover: Man with beard playing the fiddle with mountains in the background FIONA RITCHIE & DOUG ORR Wayfaring STRANGERS THE MUSICAL VOYAGE FROM Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia Foreword by DOLLY PARTON
June 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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I feel like this is all of us right now.
Gray and white cat with his paw over half of his face in a mixture of disbelief and disgust. (Dave was the best. Miss him every day.)
June 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Un apartamento en París de Lucy Foley

C’est bon.
Una ventana con vistas a la Torre Eifel
June 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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This has various names, but I’m going with Fairy Wand. It’s also called Devil’s Bit. 🤷🏻‍♀️

#photography #wildflowers #forest
Long skinny flower with tiny white petals. Narrow hiking path in background.
June 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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My view while playing ukulele with friends today. 😊
Green mountains with a small lake in the background. Hazy sky due to the Canadian fires.
June 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM