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day1346.jpg. I can tell that the beginning of the school year has arrived when No.2 pencils nest near the phone. Soon they will have migrated south for the winter, or wherever it is they all go. Until then, though, I can take messages ...craig took some really nice photos at my parents' house of the ...
craig took some really nice photos at my parents' house of the yard and its environs. I will probably use many of them in future posts, although the post may have little or nothing to do with the photo. for example:. I passed out today. ... {A 24 Hour Trip to New York}
My BFF's BF [Joe] made this gahdorable video. It's like #1 on google or somehotshit. Check it. [A 24 Hour Trip to New York] from M. Ward on Vimeo. Handwriting Words
I hid another “scribere” descendant in the first sentence of yesterday’s post about “writing” words. “Manuscript” comes from the Latin words “manus,” for hand, and “scriptus,” past participle of “scribere,” to write, as mentioned ... At a Glance
"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." -John Lubbock Spouse and I have, over time, managed to amass a number of coins in Canadian currency. The wise thing to do, we always have agreed, would be to ensure that the money ... wooden pen
day1345.jpg. Given to my daughter as a back-to-school present from a friend. I love the calm, reserved expression. The bird will not judge your work. Writing Words
I named my Alliance Review print column “The Scriptorium” after the old monastic writing rooms where the monks copied and illuminated manuscripts and preserved knowledge that otherwise would have been lost during the Middle Ages, ... Labor Day weekend in photos:
I got threaded by a woman with a Staines accent and Doritos scent. Now I have a rash. Afflicted With Logolatry
From the Oxford English Dictionary, inspired by Jeffrey Kacirk’s “Forgotten English”: Logolatry: worship of words; unreasonable regard for words or verbal truth. Logomach: one who fights about words. Logomachy: contention about words. ... Consanguinity
Consanguinity: relationship by blood. Affinity: relationship by marriage. Affine: a relative by marriage. “In-law” is relatively recent; it is not in Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary Third Edition. Not too long ago, “sister-in-law” ...
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