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Autumn Festivals Around the World: Celebrating the Autumn Equinox

This Monday, 22 September, was the day when the amount of light and darkness in the day was exactly...

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Charlotte A

Music and Language: How songs can boost your learning

The British poet and playwright William Shakespeare said “There is nothing in the world so much lik...

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My Top 5 Fun Activities for Autumn

September is here, and the sky is once again a clear, deep blue, losing the haze of summer. Now the...

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What are My Favourite Quotes and Sayings?

Those who read my previous article, ‘Who has influenced me most in my life?’ or anyone who has take...

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Charlotte A

Who has influenced me most in my life?

This is a very interesting question. Like most people, I think I have been very influenced by my pa...

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Charlotte A

Lucky Charms: What Are They?

‘Luck’ is a very interesting concept. Different cultures have different ways of conceptualising ‘lu...

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Charlotte A

Mountains or Sea? Why Not Choose Both?

I love the sea. When I lived on the south coast of England, I enjoyed swimming in the sea so much t...

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Charlotte A

Lammas: A Summer Festival of Light

Happy Summer, everyone! Today is a special day in the traditional British calendar. It is the day d...

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Charlotte A

Holistic Communications Seminar: Thank You for Joining Me!

Hello, Cafetalk community! I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined my seminar, ‘...

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Charlotte A

A Picture that Describes My Summer

Last summer, I went on a huge road trip from my home in southern Spain, across the country of Spai...

View: 717 | Jul 18, 2024

Charlotte A

Keeping Cool with Permaculture this Summer: part 2 – how to stay cool in the heat of July

In part 1 of this article series I introduced the concept of permaculture and how we can use it to ...

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The Best Compliment I Ever Received

Compliments are funny things. In British culture, we generally are not sure how to receive them. Ir...

View: 929 | Jun 21, 2024

Charlotte A

Celebrating the Summer Solstice: Part 2

Happy Midsummer, everyone! Now is the time of year when there is the most light in the day. In anci...

View: 963 | Jun 19, 2024

Charlotte A

Popular candies from Spain: Turrón

Are you nuts about nuts? What kind of nuts do you like to eat? Spain, where I live, is the second l...

View: 758 | Jun 17, 2024

Charlotte A

Celebrating the Summer Solstice: part 1

In the Northern hemisphere, the days are getting longer and longer, as we come towards the longest ...

View: 981 | Jun 10, 2024

Charlotte A

Exploring the Galaxy: Reading at the Beach

I love the sea. I love the smell of salt on the air, the beautiful language of the waves, the feeli...

View: 902 | Jun 3, 2024

Charlotte A

Keeping Cool with Permaculture this Summer

Here in southern Spain, many people describe the summer months of July and August as like ‘being in...

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Charlotte A

Haiku as a Communication Tool

Haiku is a form of poetry with strict rules about the number of syllables per line. It has a number...

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Charlotte A

Tears of Joy with my Son

Being a parent is a journey. Nearly every day there seems to be something to cause stress, some kin...

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Language in my Morning Routine

Like many Cafetalk users, I am currently studying another language: Spanish. Unfortunately, I do no...

View: 588 | May 20, 2024

Charlotte A

A Morning Routine: Dance Yourself Awake

Perhaps when you first wake up in the morning, the last thing you feel like doing is dancing. Your ...

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Seasonal Recipe: Savoury Strawberries

It is springtime and in my garden there are many delicious, red, sweet, juicy fruits. Yes, it is st...

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Understanding Peace

Do you sometimes argue with your partner, friends or family members?Do you worry about world confli...

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Seasonal Recipe: Hawthorn Cordial

Seasonal Recipe: Hawthorn Cordial It’s May, the month which has a flower named after it in British ...

View: 963 | May 1, 2024

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A Spring Festival: Beltane or May Day

As we explored in my previous column, ‘Spring Festivals: Why do we celebrate them?’ , in the tradi...

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Charlotte A

Spring Festivals: Why do we celebrate them?

In many countries, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, there is a public holiday at the beginnin...

View: 895 | Apr 27, 2024

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Wizards, Rabbits and Wardrobes – a quick look at English children’s literature

When you first meet someone and they want to ‘break the ice’, do you look around to see where the i...

View: 853 | Apr 26, 2024

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Where do English words come from? (part 2)

In part 1 of this article series, we looked at some examples of words which we use in the English l...

View: 984 | Apr 25, 2024

Charlotte A

Where do English words come from? (part 1)

An interesting thing about the English language is that it is constantly evolving. English is an...

View: 753 | Apr 24, 2024

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Shakespeare and Saint George

Today is April 23rd, an important day in British culture. Many people still celebrate Saint George’...

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