Beacon BCS

04/12/2026

It’s never too late to learn a language either.

Your pace. Your schedule. Your goals.

Just shy of his 69th birthday, the author Tim Parks decided to pick up the mandolin again. At first, it felt like a daunting task. Even though he played for hours a day, his fingers felt stiff and he lacked technique. Seeking camaraderie in this endeavor, Parks wondered if he was singular in his new hobby. He found out he wasn’t. “If this attempt to reclaim the instrument of my youth had been a mistake, I wasn’t alone in making it. Asking around, I became aware of other older people who were returning to music or even taking it up for the first time,” Parks writes. Read more about his late-in-life musical foray: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/GsG8X8

03/22/2026

An oldie. Still true.

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02/21/2026

It’s not better. No matter what they tell us.

02/05/2026

Because pronunciation matters.

02/04/2026

The Economist reports, "The culture of Latin America will continue its global rise."

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Soundtracks, screens and bookshelves will feature a Latin American flavour in 2026, thanks to artists like Bad Bunny and Mexican productions on Netflix

12/31/2025

“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."

~ T.S. Eliot (Little Gidding)

08/18/2025

Are you confident in your punctuation skills? Do you know when to use a colon or semicolon? Would it save you time to know the rules?

Punctuation: Commas, Colons, and Semicolons

Simply explained.

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Use punctuation with confidence and stop hoping you got it right. When you know better, you do better.