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GOBBLE!
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Wild Word Friday! To consider the origin of the word GOBBLE, we need to go back to the Celts, who gave us the word gober, meaning to gulp down or swallow. From gober we get gobbet, a morsel of food, particularly meat, and we also find the related word, gob, in various Gaelic dialects, which…
RIGAMAROLE
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Wild Word Friday! In the Middle Ages, people played a game in which a long sheet of paper was inscribed with a number of short descriptions. A string was attached at each description and the paper was rolled up. A player would choose a string, unroll the paper, and read the description, which would likely…
Nov. ’12 Book Winner!
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Congratulations to Arlene Daniel Coulter, our November 2012 Book Winner!! Arlene, I’ll be sending you Katie Ganshert’s wonderful novel, Wildflowers From Winter! Happy Reading!!
A Glance Back – Winner!
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This week we received one of those flashy ads that include a glued-on fake car key and the promise that if you scratch off the gray on the 3 scratch-off pads and they match, you’re a winner!! Guess what? My 3 pads matched. As did everyone’s, I’m sure. Now if I needed to buy a…
PITCH
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Wild Word Friday! PITCH is one of those words that takes up a third of a column in the dictionary because it has so many meanings. It also has two separate entries in the dictionary because there are two separate and unrelated origins for the word, each with its own group of meanings. Today I’m…
Gorgeous sky and photo, Sue! I love how the ripples reflect. Not a tranquil scene, for sure, but one that reminds us of God’s artistry.