Tag Archives: Language

Frog Hollow Poetry Exhibit

Posted on July 2, 2018 by thefriendlymoth

The Seattle Frog Hollow class has the honor of having a poetry poster exhibit in the hallway gallery at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, alongside the work of other artists in the community. It is up right now, and if anyone … Continue reading →

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Chinook Jargon

Posted on May 3, 2016 by thefriendlymoth

Continuing in our explorations of translation, my class has been playing around with Chinook Jargon. Chinook Jargon is the trade language of the Northwest, a pidgin of English, French, and several Salish languages. It was widely spoken through the 1800’s, … Continue reading →

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Food for an Eager Writer

Posted on January 18, 2016 by thefriendlymoth

My first year of my second stint of homeschooling, the year I was fourteen, I was given Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones for Christmas. I was also given a huge stack of Enviromints. If you aren’t versed on ’90’s … Continue reading →

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Why Is English Spelling So Weird?

Posted on September 2, 2015 by thefriendlymoth

English spelling is undeniably chaotic. There is an exception to pretty much every rule. However, while it doesn’t follow orderly rules, English spelling does have patterns. I think that learning a little background about how English spelling came to be is … Continue reading →

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