The word today is “grandmother.” I often say, “I plant the flowers that grew in my grandmother’s garden.” I was my grandmother’s child even though we were not related biologically. My grandmother adopted my mother, after her son had died at the age of seven of scarlet fever. My grandmother came from the Saar valley […]
Our word for today is “locus,” which the dictionary defines as, a place, position or location. I found it in a mystery book by Ann Cleeves. It suggested something important. The locus of a crime, for example, might be where the crime happened or where a body was found, but the person not actually murdered
The third word in our blog posting exercise is “hook.” It’s one of those words or concepts that is both very simple and yet, very complex. On one level a hook is an object that is useful. I think of all the hooks beside back doors where people conveniently hang coats, hats, bags etc. Here
The word for our blog posts today is “dazzle.” So, of course I couldn’t just stop there. I had to go the whole nine yards, well, OK, five words – razzle, dazzle, sis, boom, bah! When in doubt look it up – “razzle dazzle” means 1 : a state of confusion or hilarity. 2 :
I am working on a blog challenge with a friend. It’s a great way to fight the doldrums that happen in summer, in politics, in aging bodies etc… It’s also a wonderful way of not only improving your writing, but also your outlook. We are giving each other random words and writing a blog post
