Wild Word Friday! It’s unusual to find a word that in its noun form has two very opposite meanings, but HOST is one of those contrary words. In its most ancient form – ghosti, an Indo-European word – it meant stranger or guest. Right away you can see the dichotomy. A guest is someone we…
Wild Word Friday! Did you know that in addition to the commonly known tastes of sweet, sour, bitter and salty, human taste buds can distinguish one more taste? That taste was identified in 1908 by a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University, and he named it UMAMI. UMAMI, a Japanese word, means pleasant savory taste….
Wild Word Friday! The word FLASH comes to modern English from a rather unusual source, the Middle English word, flasken or flaschen, which means to rush along with a splashing sound. It’s somewhat of a mystery how a word that initially referred to the sound made by a rushing liquid, morphed into a word that…
I have so enjoyed sharing everyone’s pet photos, and Your-Pet! Wednesdays have been very special for me. However, I now find myself running out of material and am considering a variety of new possibilities for my Wednesday posts. By next Wednesday, I’ll let you know what I’ve decided and which direction I’m going. Meanwhile, for…
Congratulations to Nancy Stec, our winner of Michael K. Reynolds’ novel FLIGHT OF THE EARLS. Happy Reading, Nancy!
Wild Word Friday! It’s difficult to find anything more exciting, in a quiet gentle way, than paddling down a slow river in a CANOE. I’m sure many people would rather have their excitement come to them in a more dramatic fashion, but a slow CANOE ride is just my style. A Voyaguer’s CANOE in a…
Wild Word Friday! Last week we received a letter in the mail from our 7-year-old granddaughter, Rylee. When I opened the letter, I was surprised to find “FLAT Stanley” inside. According to the information our granddaughter sent, Flat Stanley loves to go on adventures, and so he decided to take a little trip to our…
Wild Word Friday! My friend Trish responded to a FaceBook post in which I asked which kitchen gadget you would most hate to give up. She responded by saying, her SPLADE. Trish is from Australia, and so I immediately asked her if a SPLADE was an Australian kitchen gadget, because I’d never heard of one…
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