Really? Are we still talking about this? We are in the XXI century, it is like we are in the future The year 2020 sounds like an old fashion futuristic movie. But here we are: in the future. Lots of things have changed during the last 20 years or so. The way we dress, communicate, commute, live, eat... And, obviously, the way we consume culture. Platforms as Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Mubi offer thousands of films every day. Now we just have to go to their website and choose what we feel like seeing. We listen to music on Spotify and Bandcamp, we read books in our e-readers. And, you know what? Nothing has happened. No artist is losing their jobs and no culture is dying. Unlike all the prophets of doom were prophetizing, culture has thrived. Independent musicians use the web to put their music and reach more people. Netflix has pushed the independent cinema and has produced small movies that had become a success, writers publish their books affordable for everybody. The debate about copyright is still outside there, but the terms have changed and no person is fearing anymore the new technologies. Now we talk more about share and give recognition to the artist. In my opinion, the ones who were afraid in early 2000 about the "end of the culture" were the same people who are just making art a business which gives lots of money to only few people. But this is just an opinion.

What about the summer? Hi there! This is Jara, from the Canary Islands! So, yes I am in paradise, I am in these amazing tropical islands where I was born. I am in a place where the sun shines for 365 days per year... Meh... Someone give me my money back! I have been here since the lockdown started and we have had maybe 5 sunny days. So, that means that we have had more than 60 cloudy days. How that can be? Where's our loved star? Here the explanation: I live in the north of Tenerife, one of the greenest and most humid island. We have rain here almost every week, which is amazing. Thanks to the rain my valley (La Orotava) is crazy beautiful and stunning. However, during the last years, due to climate change and global warming, it rains less and less, the mountains are less and less green, the flowers and nature less and less gorgeous. For years we have been selling the Canary Islands as a sun paradise, the place to be inf you want to burn your skin and drink as much beer as you can for cheap. Nature has been destroyed by the craziness of a tourist industry which has one only thought in mind: make money, all the money, regardless of the environmental and social impact. But there is hope, and voices are being listened, people are developing another kind of tourism, and respectful and no-mass tourism is increasingly popular. Tourists and native people from the island are looking forward to preserving nature and wildlife. The firsts come here to enjoy the calm and the pure air, not to party anymore, and the local people are fed up with noise and nonrespectful visitors. So, what about the summer? The summer this year is going to be amazing, wet, and green. Love this daily rain and low temperatures, the birds are happy, the plants are happy, the earth is happy. I am happy! Have a nice Friday everybody!

About me Hi everybody there! I'm Jara, online Spanish coach. I come from Canary Islands, Spain. Probably most of the people here know where Canary Island is, above all if you're from the north of Europe. I was born there 37 years ago and when I was 18 I left Tenerife and went to Madrid for study at the University. My first idea was to stay there just for 5 years, but finally I stayed for 18 years... quiet a difference!! Madrid is an amazing city, though too busy and noisy. Three years ago I decided that I needed a change in my life. While all my friends had came back to the islands, I took a totally different way and asked for a work and holiday visa for Canada. After one year living in Quebec, fighting everyday whit the french, drinking the best IPA ever, having a lot of fun, being frozen for 6 months... I must go back to Europe. Spain? I doubt it. After living abroad I fall in love with learning languages and I'm just trying to figure out right now where I want to fly next. Do you have any recommandation? Germany maybe? Greece? Portugal? Which country is better for a freelance Spanish Coach? I would appreciate not only your corrections, your ideas are welcome as well!!!

How I feel about my country. I miss my country. I'm living abroad, but, even if I was living there I would miss my country. Things have changed there, it seems that no one remember anymore the forty years of repression that we had there, it seems that a lot of people have just forgotten that, less than fifty years ago the dictator died in his own bed, like a hero. Or maybe that's the real problem... Anyway, I miss my free and progressive country, if it has ever existed. Everyday I read the news and I'm very chocked, the country (maybe all Europe) is going back to the past, more and more people is angry with each other, and, where before you could find freedom, respect, joy, hope now there is no more than racism, ignorance, homophobic... It's sad, isn't it? Why humans beings are like this? Why can't we just live all together? I don't know, I only know that I miss my country, but I don't want to go back.

Would you rather.... The other day my friends started to play this game and I was totally lost, not because I didn't understand the questions but the grammar in it self. Would you rather.... It's this "rather" thing that I can't understand at all! "Rather" is not the only word which gime me problems. I'm always trying to use connectors such "Otherwise", "however" or "regardless". But I feel kind of weird, almost embarrassing. What can I do to speak proper English? In my opinion is easy to reach a good level with the language, but then, if you want to go beyond it... OMG! It's like a nightmare. So the situation now is this: I¡ve decided that I'm gonna start to speak English as if I were giving a speech in front of an auditorium everyday, otherwise I will never learn how to speak properly!!