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...]
If the pen is mightier than the sword, don’t let your pen get dull.
My last post featured the popular phrase, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” I was surprised to find it was written in 1839 by English author Edward … [Read more...]
The pen is mightier than the sword, so keep your pen sharp!
Written words inform us, entertain, and even change history. During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln described Harriett Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, as, … [Read more...]
Collective Nouns—charming delights for word lovers
This post began when I saw a delightful bird in Scotland and asked its name. “It’s a Chaffinch, in the Finch family,” my friend said. “A group is called a charm … [Read more...]
If ‘Home is where the heart is’, mine keeps growing.
“There’s a Tibetan saying: “Wherever you have friends, that’s your country, and wherever you receive love, that’s your home.” In my life, many valued ongoing … [Read more...]
