I continue to recover well from my operation. Now able to lift and hold my baby, albeit with a bit of soreness/discomfortable. Incisions are healing well too. Almost back to normal now, which is pretty remarkable given I had an organ removed just over 2 weeks ago.

The word 'not' has a fascinating history.

'Not' comes from a Germanic combination of three words: *ne aiw wiht, lit. "not a thing whatsoever".

This also became 'naught/nought'.

German 'nicht' and Dutch 'niet' have the same origin.

Click to hear their evolutions:

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For any fans of Wordle and similar word
games, Two Words is back and (we hope) even more accessible.

You can give it a go here.

twowords2.page.link/play

Thanks to all those who are already playing. And beware the Susie bot!

So far maternity leave has not quite gone to plan.

Following an acute cholecystitis episode in August, last week I had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

After a few initially brutal days, my recovery is going better than expected, but I’m sad I can’t pick up or hold my daughter without assistance.

As the outdoor pool season wraps up in 🇩🇪, a few lucky pooches are making quite the splash - literally!

Several pools have opened their doors for a traditional dog swim before the water gets drained.

In Waltershausen, for example, 95 four-legged friends enjoyed the cool water.

Hello👋🏼 I’m finally on here. Slowly working my way through finding people who I’ve been following on that other site.

My posts might be sporadic for a little while as I navigate motherhood with a little baby - currently on maternity leave from my job.

Keeping up the language learning when I can.