I often feel sorry for people who have birthdays on Christmas, because, if you celebrate Christmas, your birthday gets lost in all the hoopla of the day. In fact I have to feel sorry for anyone who has a birthday in December at all. December is one of those “loaded months.” That is, there is
I was tossing around an idea in my last post about the word “blog.” I hated the sound of it because it was synonymous with very mundane terms such as, Fred Bloggs. I was hoping to find a more elevated name for the diaries or daily posts of millions of people. I suggested that the
Yesterday, I posted about my favourite word, so I felt that I needed to post about my least favourite word. Even though I post almost daily to my weblog, I hate the word “blog.” It has overtones of Joe Bloggs, Fred Bloggs, Joe Schmoe etc. Wikipedia has an interesting explanation of the use of these
I was reading an interview today about a fellow blogger, Stephen King, who is also a published author. One of the questions he was asked was, “What is your favourite word?” Stephen answered, “onomatopoeia,” meaning a word that sounds like what it means, such as “crunch.” Onomatopoeia happens a lot in poetry. I have posted
I know it’s December and yes many are looking at a winter escape. Several bloggers have posted about the sea in warmer climes. Their posts have been about children in bathing suits enjoying the water, the sand and the sun. Caro Ness wrote a wonderful poem about the seaside and Muriel Jacques posted about a friend’s
I’ve had “things” on my mind lately and have missed posting two days in a row. Unfortunately, I’m getting really behind in my blog a day for 2013 challenge, so I’ll have to spend several days posting several times a day to finish – I hope I can do it!! Mental Floss to the rescue!
I received my first Christmas card, yesterday, Nov 29. Every year we know that there are a few people, usually the same people, that get their cards out early. We have theories about the card senders at either end. 1. Those who get their cards out by the first week in December, are type A
I was reading an article on the Mental Floss site – 12 Lonely Negative Words. It’s a fascinating discussion of why we can be “disgruntled,” for example, but we can never be “gruntled.” If you read the article, please read the comments. They are a wonderful discussion of the curiosities of the English language. The un –
I have been fascinated with Twitter since it first became popular. I am in awe of people who can say very little, but have a huge impact. It’s the power of a few well chosen words, moving mountains, which makes me totally envious. I am just about to ramp up my presence on Twitter, since
