Buondì. I’ll keep this short, as we have Swedish guests coming this afternoon, which means a.) I have to do all the day’s work in the morning, and b.) I’m preparing something suitably ‘Italian’ for this evening’s meal. They are, after all, on holiday in il Bel Paese, so sausage, egg and chips would disappoint. […]
‘Disappointed’ club members, please read
Buondì. The Spring Sale is over, thank goodness, as it was a lot of work. Thanks to everyone who supported us with lesson or ebook purchases. So now we’re back to normal, right? Whatever normal is. Actually, what IS normal around here? There seems to be some confusion. If you’re reading this in an email rather […]
2023 Spring Sale Sale: Just a few hours left to save 20%!
There are just a few hours left of the 2023 Spring Sale. Today is the final day, so the last chance to save 20% on everything at our (now two!) online stores, EasyReaders.org (for ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (for one-to-one lessons). The coupon code you need to save 20% on the online lessons and/or ebooks is: Spring-Sale-2023 […]
2023 Spring Sale: the usual ‘best-sellers’ article!
Buondì. The 2023 Spring Sale ends on Monday next week, so I thought you might be interested in hearing what other club members have been spending their ‘learn Italian’ budgets on. Let’s begin with our top selling product – as usual it’s the ten-pack of online lesson credits and is always, always, always the most […]
2023 Spring Sale: Online Italian lesson dos and don’ts
Buondì. As we’re busy with the 2023 Spring Sale right now, here’s an article from our archive. I’ve been both an online teacher and a language learner, so can see things from both perspectives. Here, then, are a few tips for students who choose to include one-to-one online lessons in their language study programs. The […]
2023 Spring Sale Starts Today: 20% Off Everything!
Buondì. Today we have the start of the 2023 Spring Sale! Which means that everything at EasyReaders.org (ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (online lessons) can be had a fifth cheaper than usual. N.b. We separated ebooks/online lessons into two different ecommerce stores so that we’re able to focus on one or the other at different times, and […]
Jättecool (trolls aren’t)
Buondì. A super-quick one today, as I’m back in Italy, back at work (albeit at the kitchen table), and have a pile of stuff to get through before the weekend. Also a pile of stuff to get through at the weekend… One thing that takes a lot of time is managing multiple websites – we […]
Photo competition winner / Final days in London
Buondì. Thanks to Tony, the only entrant in our photo competition to find the best view from a public lavatory, and therefore the winner! It’s the view from the men’s public conveniences in Assisi, apparently. Beh, they’re a primitive lot in Umbria, so don’t have glass. In Emilia Romagna we have windows in our toilets. Peckham […]
Photo competition!
Buondì. This is for Brenda, who emailed in response to Saturday’s article, writing that when she’d visited the UK (from Canada, I think she said) she hadn’t gotten very far from London. So she enjoyed hearing about me getting soaked to the skin in the picturesque Cornish fishing village of Mevagissey, and checked the place […]
Message for you? / “Rewrite in your own words”
Buondì. It’s been a week, almost to the hour, that Roomie left, and we got our lives back. It seems like longer, actually, as there’s been so much going on. I’m writing this perched on a bed in Cornwall (England), with sun streaming through the window, more about which later. But first, catching up on […]