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quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: a bit of Horace for the holidays

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

salve Reader!

I hope this email finds you enjoying some good rest in a great place and with even better company. I am currently in my hometown, Sallent, in the centre of Catalonia, after a stimulating conference on language acquisition and a meeting with teachers from around the world in Barcelona.

The line in the subject is from one of the cosiest of Horace's poems (or at least it can be read like that): 'avoid to seek what tomorrow will bring'. Well, I will admit that is a loose translation! In any case, here is the feeling I want to end the year with:

In studies and in life, we do not really know what tomorrow will bring, and living in the moment and enjoying what we do is, in a way, living well and intently.

But I did not start writing to get philosophical. Here is my greeting for the holidays:

Have a lovely Christmas time and the best start to the new year, or as we could say in Latin: 'felicem nativitatem et annum prosperum et felicem tibi exopto'.

I am currently out of the office, but I am very much looking forward to catching up with everyone in the new year for more living and loving Latin.

in proximum!

Ana Martin
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