Valentine’s Day is a happy occasion for receiving flowers, chocolates, sweeter words, and maybe good books. If you’re a book lover, there are few things finer—and … [Read more...]
Humorous words to make us sit up and take notice
Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected, and frequently humorous. (Winston Churchill loved … [Read more...]
Consider these larger-than-life word names in our language
We have words in our everyday vocabulary, with roots in history, that have grown larger than life. Jezebel was the Phoenician wife of King Ahab who urged Israel … [Read more...]
Hear ye, Hear ye, read all about it!
Welcome to 2018, a year of fresh opportunities to create history and make headlines. In fact, there’s no reason any of us might not make news in 2018 by introducing … [Read more...]
The Twelve Days of Christmas (or How many people and objects can you crowd into your home?)
How do you manage Christmas in terms of fitting all invited family members into your home? Do you spill into the yard? Spread out even further? This former … [Read more...]
Some fiction characters are so real, they become part of our vocabulary.
Who hasn’t heard of Scrooge? Or seen a cold-hearted miser and been sure they’ve met Scrooge’s brother? (Disney even recreated the Dickens character as Scrooge … [Read more...]
