Tomorrow is Groundhog Day and in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (say that three times fast) legend has it that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow and…
Over the holidays, I was delighted to see that our neighborhood had erected a Little Free Library. The cute, bright-yellow library is shaped like a…
As soon as you open a browser window, the headlines scream things at you like “Texas Girl Gets Trapped in Sewage Drain by Two Large…
For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s look at three foodie words which have German origins: Lebkuchen, zwieback and schnitzel. Yummy. I’m already hungry! The German…
In last week’s Pamela’s Prompt, we looked at stream of consciousness, a literary term that describes a style of writing that mimics a character’s thought…
Yummy! If you love chocolate, you’ll want to celebrate this Thursday because it’s National Chocolate Cake Day, according to www.nationaltoday.com “It was love at first…
For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s look at three words which have no known origin: Huckaback, kentledge and mumblebee. In the book “How to Spell…
Stream of consciousness is a literary term that describes a style of writing that mimics a character’s thought process. Often it uses sensory impressions, rough…
If you are a writer or a word nerd like me, you’ll want to celebrate tomorrow because it’s National Thesaurus Day, according to www.nationaltoday.com “When…
For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s look at three words related to sports and games: Chouette, snipsnapsnorum and toxophilite. chouette Pronunciation: [ shüˈet, ˈshwet ] Part…