Me? Learning? At my age?

For years, I wanted to learn Spanish, but I couldn't muster the willpower to get back into the drudgery of learning something new.

Today, I hope that I'll be able to get some traction in grab the basics in the tongue of Cervantes. I've found a great interactive tool called Duolingo, a free language-learning platform that includes an app along with a translation platform, and a language testing system.

The project, started in Pittsburgh by Carnegie Mellon University professor Luis von Ahn, is ad-free, covers 23 languages, and is available on the Web or on as a smart-phone app. Try it and you'll love it.

As for me, if it's so good, I won't have any excuse if I don't see my goal through! To be continued...