words
June 11, 2009
June 11, 2009
June 9, 2009
- They are catering to everyone’s fantasy of concern - something from fashion, pop culture, the greens, music, sports; they are also trying to balance cultures and countries. This is among the worst instances of dumbing down. Tomorrow, June 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am (Stratford-on Avon Time) The Global Language Monitor in Austin, Texas will announce the winning word. I find the location rather ...
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May 22, 2009
May 20, 2009
- How you treat me is your karma, how I react, is mine...Oh, yes I own my thoughts, my choices, you yours, but do we only speak and act but once? No. It echoes down the highways and paths of time, grabbing those who would listen, nipping at the conscience of those who would not. That pre-supposes there is conscience, that we are not just sentient, but feeling, compassionate. When I treat you, I ...
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May 19, 2009
- I find myself struggling daily to find words enough to scribe across the blank screen, a struggle, I'm positive I share with many. This whether it be for blogging, articles or the great novel screaming to find its way into the light from the cavernous depths of thought. (Wasn't it Michelangelo Buonarroti who claimed that art already exists, it simply awaits the right strokes to free it?) Yet, ...
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May 14, 2009
- Kindness generates kindness. That´s the English translation to the words on the left. They were the motto of José Datrino, or Profeta Gentileza (Prophet Kindness), as he was known all over Brazil. After building a family and a patrimony, he left everything and decided to preach kindness throughout the country. He also wrote beautiful messages of peace and love in 56 pilasters under the Caju ...
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May 7, 2009
- Recently I blogged about the word "aught" used to name years in this decade: We're in the "Twenty aughts." There was an election in "aught four." My inspiration: a Los Angeles Times column by Michael Hiltzik, in which he used the word (although he spelled it "ought"). I was happy to see that finally -- finally -- someone had embraced a word for our decade. ...
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May 6, 2009
- dowagerI came across this word today, used in earnest - not in a comedy context like the Wealthy Dowager character on The Simpsons.Per American Heritage online, "dowager" means: 1. A widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband. 2. An elderly woman of high social station.Those aren't bad things to be. "Dowager" may not be an enviable status, as it ...
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May 2, 2009
- Okay, toss the dishwasher into the gorse bushes and pitch the washing machine into the bog. Break the string on your favourite set of beads and cast them into the wind, watch them as they blow north, a scattering of purples and jades, a burnished silver, dancing into the distance. Take the silver coffee pot from the old pine dresser, the one that your mother polished with love and care and ...
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