Our word for today is conversation. I have to believe that in today’s world of 140 (now 280) characters or less, it’s difficult to have a real conversation. Now, there are more coffee houses these days, where people meet up, maybe just to look at their phones together, however, I have to believe they chat […]
Our word today is “image.” I like it because it’s the basis of the word imagine. To me imagination is all about creating images of what might be. For example, it took some brilliant person to imagine the wheel or to think we could fly. Every small step from the stone age to this electronic
….and tomorrow….and tomorrow. Yes, we could let our lives slip away, always hoping that a tomorrow will be better than a today. I have already earmarked a wait of four years until Doug Ford is gone and worse case scenario – six years until Trump is gone – alas!! Time to start living today!! I
Interview is our word for today and I think it’s very interesting. Interviews always have several agendas (agendum), though. Someone wants the information you have. However, what you say and how you say it is something else, entirely. In this age of identity theft, we have to be so careful about the information we give
Our word for today is fête. It’s French for celebration. Posting about bread, or at least grain, yesterday, had me thinking about festivities. I equate festivities with food. Or, maybe, it’s food that makes things festive. Lunch, with a baguette from Jules, our French patisserie around the corner, and some cheese is always a celebration,
Our word today is grain. Again another one of those words that says so much, so simply. Grain is the stuff of life. It’s a staple. Depending on where you live, it can be wheat, rice, maize etc. It’s a symbol of the richness of life – friends and families “breaking bread.” I admire people
The word for today is “sparked.” It’s that point of ignition – you need a spark to start a car, a fire, an idea, a war…..and so on. I often have “sparks.” I get an idea. I take it so far and then it fizzles. Meh, maybe it just wasn’t meant to be or I
Our word for today is “breasts.” It’s not a word I would have chosen. I’m not comfortable with intimacy and breasts speak of intimacy. There is also something very carnal about them. I am always uncomfortable with women who show too much cleavage. I was raised to believe that if you advertised “sex” with your
I enjoyed writing my blog on nicknames so much, that I decided to do another for all the names I had missed. Most of these names would be for places rather than people. Wikipedia lists more monikers than you will ever need in a lifetime, here. Of the ones listed, I am in awe of
The word for today is “sobriquet.” It means nickname or epithet. It’s such a sophisticated word for such a common subject. I found it in a crossword clue – “Hemingway sobriquet.” The answer, of course, is “Papa.” I have spent a great deal of my life, trying to figure out how people get nicknames. These
