|

OID

Wild Word Friday!   To be perfectly honest, OID is not a word. It’s actually a syllable, and  it comes to us from the Greek suffix -oeides, which is used to indicate a form or a shape. In other words, OID indicates that something is like something else. That’s exactly how we use this suffix…

|

POLL

Wild Word Friday! Those of us living in the USA are enduring a pre-election season of skirmishes, interviews and civilized (and some uncivilized) vitriol. So I suppose that when you see the word POLL you immediately think of all the commotion and aggravations that seem to be a part of an election year, but let’s…

|

SARCASM

Wild Word Friday! In researching the word SARCASM, I discovered that it definitely deserves the title Wild Word. SARCASM isn’t usually a part of my repertoire, but a couple of years ago a person told me that they were going to do something which I knew would hurt the feelings of an elderly person dear…

|

Your Pet! SISSI

SISSI enjoying the Swiss Sun SISSI comes to our Your Pet! Family all the way from Switzerland. You might remember her “brothers” Quincy and Nils from our February 29, 2012, Your Pet! post. SISSI’s Mom, Monia, tells us that  SISSI is the shy cat in the family, although lately has begun to make an appearance…

End of content

End of content