words – Quiet Strength… and Coffee

quiet haiku

swans and a duck on peaceful water with hills and sunrise

God loves introverts We have talents to share, too — Just not so loudly

Things that make you go “hmmm…” Thinking about the multitude of meanings that a small word can carry. Take, for instance, “tailgate.” Sometimes you can associate a word with “good,” “bad,” or “indifferent” memories. Good memory of a Tailgate = Riding in the back of my grandparents’ pickup truck. My older sister & I wouldContinue reading “tailgate tale”

rhyme-less

oranges and orange daisy on a wood table

Fun Friday Fact: Should you choose to compose a couplet, or wonder to write a song lyric, concerning citrus fruit as your subject matter; be advised in advance: Orange has almost no perfect rhymes. The only word in the 20-volume historical Oxford English Dictionary that rhymes with orange is sporange, a very rare alternative form ofContinue reading “rhyme-less”

Synonymously

assortment of letters and numbers from a printing press

OK, we are all so very weary of the pandemic. Call it covid, covid-19, coronavirus, SARS-COV-2, Corona, Rona. We’re all looking forward to the day that it is in our collective rear view mirror. But while the plague’s persisting, we are continually hearing news stories of it… conversing about it… writing through it. I wonderContinue reading “Synonymously”

Vocabulary

I like the “unlimited” feeling of writing; in the sense that you can’t run out of words. Although the “right” word loves to escape my short-term memory. Hopefully I won’t deplete my supply of words or ideas. It’s ridiculously easy to derail my train of thought, however. I wonder how many times each day (orContinue reading “Vocabulary”