Our word for today is curious. What could be more curious than the works of Lewis Carroll – Alice in Wonderland is probably the most recognizable and perhaps the most creative of his works. He is, to me, one of the most curious and creative of artists. Creativity, I think, is born of curiosity. People, […]
Our word for today is biscuit. I love this word because it has a cluster of meanings. First it’s a food. A biscuit is a British cookie. Here’s a site that rates 21 of them, with phrases such as, “As British as Michael Caine, roundabouts and glaring at but not saying anything to people who
Our word for today is volatile – extremely changeable. I realized the last few words that I have given for our writing exercise were turbulent, circuitous and now volatile. Is someone trying to tell me something? Is there mischief afoot? I work at staying calm. Yes, there are times when I erupt! I have to
Our word for today is cigarette… I want to say it’s an old word. Not many people, I know smoke and the ones that did are dead. But there was a time, in film particularly, when smoking added to the allure of life. Most movie stars smoked and the famous ones are remembered for their
Our word for today is secrets…..So I guess I have to be “out” about this. I have been secretly writing a book. It’s not really one of those straightforward books, it’s being written in chapters here and there. Every once in a while I post a paragraph or two to see how it looks in
I wrote about circuitous the other day and didn’t really have a great example of how I complicate my life in wild circuitous loops. Well, one of those loops happened yesterday. I have decided that I want to do some interesting walking tours, abroad. Most of these adventures require you to walk 15 to 20kms
Our word for today is room. It’s an amazing word, because it’s not only your environment, it’s also your well being. I often say, “you wouldn’t go for a swim in dirty water, so why would you spend time in an messy room. “But, water just touches my skin,” you say. Yes, but a room
Our word for today is spirits. I’m not the one in our family who believes in spirits. My sister does, though and maybe I should start, because the other day she won $5,000.00 in a lottery. Here is how the spirits intervened. After my sister had bought the ticket, she put it on her night
Our word for today is “chicken.” It always reminds me of the classic fight between Pizza Pizza and Chicken Chicken, a business a former employee of the pizza chain tried to start, using the same business model. The case went to court and Chicken Chicken lost. St Hubert has gone back to Quebec and Swiss
Our word for today is “circuitous” – in a round about way. Some of its synonyms are – meandering, serpentine, tortuous. I love meandering and serpentine. These are leisurely words – garden paths serpentine and rivers, especially old rivers, meander. Tortuous is something else entirely. People often take circuitous routes to get to where they
