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RIGHT
Wild Word Friday! RIGHT is one of those words that takes up half a column in my dictionary, but, because this blog is short, I’ll limit my post to one meaning only – the RIGHT that refers to side of your body which “points” east when you’re facing north. I know. That sounds complicated….
MySky Mondays
Next Monday is our first official MySky Monday. We will feature a “No Words Just Serenity” format with a different photograph each Monday that I hope will start your busy work week with a moment of relaxation. Please join us beginning next week for MySky and also for our new Wednesday posts About You and, of…
SEICHE
Wild Word Friday! I really didn’t know that such a thing as a SEICHE (pronounced saysh) even existed until I saw one in our bay. So what am I talking about? Some strange extraterrestrial being? An exotic fresh water fish species? Nope. I’m talking about the tendency of an enclosed body of water to churn …
HUM
Wild Word Friday! HUM is one of those glorious onomatopoeic words that is an imitation of the sound it describes. The earliest form of HUM that we know of – onomatopoeic words can have very obscure localized origins – comes from the Middle English hummen, which almost makes your mouth vibrate when you say it….
PALE
Wild Word Friday! When I hear the word PALE I usually think of the color of my skin. But there is an older nearly obsolete meaning for the word PALE , which comes to the English language from the Latin word palus, a stake. A PALE was a pointed, narrow, upright piece of wood. Generally,…
It’s always good to start Monday with a bit of peace – and hearing from you, Carol!!
Mmmm, lovely Monday morning scene!