June 2023

crochet, Joy, reality, words

The Joy of words

On Wednesday I bought the book “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.” It has added a good deal of Joy to my week. I wrote about the book in an earlier post so I won’t bore you with repetition. Writing lots of words strung together and contemplating individual words give me a lot of Joy. Fortunately […]

reality, travel, words

Copiadymis or…

 Dynamopia as substitutes for Koenig’s word “The Til” meaning “that reservoir of opportunities still available to you at this point in your life.” Yes, we do need a word for what energy remains in our bodies to explore, pursue, develop, create. It must, though, be a dynamic word, something with enough force to stir our

reality, travel, words

Copiadymis or…

 Dynamopia as substitutes for Koenig’s word “The Til” meaning “that reservoir of opportunities still available to you at this point in your life.” Yes, we do need a word for what energy remains in our bodies to explore, pursue, develop, create. It must, though, be a dynamic word, something with enough force to stir our

reality, words

Sermanimus

 …or the soul talking. I’m still completely overwhelmed by “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.” I can spend half an hour or more contemplating one word. This morning I browsed through a few in the first ten pages and came upon “jouska” from the French “jusqu’a” – until. It’s a comment on the interior monologues most

reality, words

Sermanimus

 …or the soul talking. I’m still completely overwhelmed by “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.” I can spend half an hour or more contemplating one word. This morning I browsed through a few in the first ten pages and came upon “jouska” from the French “jusqu’a” – until. It’s a comment on the interior monologues most

books, reality, words

Words, words and more words…..

 Today I bought “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” by John Koenig. I have mentioned this book before in an earlier post. It’s a must read for anyone interested in words. Basically, it is a lexicon of terms the author has coined to deal with those feelings we all have, but are unable to express because

books, reality, words

Words, words and more words…..

 Today I bought “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” by John Koenig. I have mentioned this book before in an earlier post. It’s a must read for anyone interested in words. Basically, it is a lexicon of terms the author has coined to deal with those feelings we all have, but are unable to express because

gardening, Joy, reality, words

The Joy of Plenty

This week it rained. I have been praying for rain for weeks now. Well my prayers have been answered. I have also been praying for a lot of other “things;” I guess rain was the easiest to deliver.  🙂 The garden needed rain. This is the Yin Yang of gardening. We need rain. It comes

gardening, Joy, reality, words

The Joy of Plenty

This week it rained. I have been praying for rain for weeks now. Well my prayers have been answered. I have also been praying for a lot of other “things;” I guess rain was the easiest to deliver.  🙂 The garden needed rain. This is the Yin Yang of gardening. We need rain. It comes

gardening, Joy, reality

Joy is a week of “many splendoured” things…..

 …..From several weeks of trying to “frack” Joy from the slate of “nothing interesting to report,” there comes the motherload of refinable Joys. 1. My son has spent five splendid days with us. He was out East (from Calgary) for a wedding and stayed with us for a whole week before going back home!! Totally

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