Una Carta de Amor

Damn it, I wish I had buckled down and learned another language as a youngster. I took French in college and, without continued use, immediately forgot most of it. In my old life when I sang, I sang works in Italian, French, German, and my beloved Latin.

Yeah. Latin is the language that I most want to learn. What's up with that, you may ask? I just find it charming in its simplicity, and beautiful in the way its words sound. Plus...if you know Latin--then Italian, Spanish, and French are pretty easy. Ubi Caritas et Amor, Deus ibi est. Ave verum corpus. Magnum Misterium. Tempus fugit.

After living out west, I picked up rudimentary Spanish...as in..."Quanto Questa?" "Donde es el bano?" and some other stuff. Considering I was over 30 when I moved west, that I picked up any Spanish and it stuck in my brain is a miracle of the first order. Sadly, I didn't stick to it very well. I'm stuck in the goofy gringo stage of learning Spanish.

I need a good teacher. Maybe I'll find one.