Friend or Foe or Backfriend

Friend or Foe or Backfriend

This message arrived via email, from one of the several word nerd services to which I subscribe. I don’t mind these emails among the congestion of junk and such. What I deplore are the donation pleas from members from both political parties and the expensive...
Triggers and Bad Taste

Triggers and Bad Taste

Everybody has people, places, things, and events that craze or enrage them. Everybody has triggers and hot buttons that must not be pushed multiple times! Image by <a...
The Wordsmithing of Others

The Wordsmithing of Others

From: Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) – I wanted to save these, so I copy-pasted. Disclaimer: this is not original content, though I wish it were… What words have you coined, I asked readers this week and their coinages poured in. Here’s a selection....
The Wordsmithing of Others

The Power of Re

As my friends and family know, I’m enamored with all things Egyptian. My husband and I have traveled to the country three times. A little-known fact is that Pharaoh Akhenaten, who was married to the fabulously beautiful Nefertiti also mandated the rule of one...