quite the other way.I have to go to bed by day I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree.Or hear the grown up people's feet Still going past me in the street.And does it seem hard to you,When all the sky is clear and blue,And I should like so much...
Sir Terry Pratchett was a very observant student of humans and the human condition. He could put into hilarious words those little quirks of human nature and behavior that we don’t even see or realize ourselves. One of my more favorite quotes is “Good ain’t nice” (Granny Weatherwax). ...
Oh, once I walked in Heaven, all alone Upon the sacred cliffs above the sky. God and the angels, and the gleaming saints Had journeyed out into the stars to die. They had gone forth to win far citizens, Bought at great price, bring happiness for all: By such a harvest make a holie...
While Denizen worked I walked. I ran. I discovered 45 new words for mangroves, another 17 for the reflections of water on leaves. The word for alcoholic drink, I found at a beach bar, had changed sometime in the 19th Century from horseshoe-bat-behind-your-eyes to death-will-call. Peop...
And then there was the time lightning from a clear blue sky struck very near me in Kansas, in the utter absence of any storm – an event without mundane explanation. I associate the errant lightning with the UFO sightings and apparent ET encounters involving electricity that I was experiencing...
How to buy tickets for TGV-Lyria, without any onward Swiss train If you are going to a destination directly served by TGV-Lyria, in other words Paris to Geneva, Lausanne, Basel or Zurich, buy tickets at either the French Railways website www.sncf-connect.com (in €, no booking fee) ...
But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves. We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to papers. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and...
(of which there were very few. Most people just went on about their business) said that street closures like this for visiting dignitaries are common in Paris. In other words, as we waited for a glimpse of Xi, our status as tourists was probably obvious to all of the locals – and ...
Put together words that inspire action and make people feel empowered to do something beyond their abilities. You can talk about any topics but the aim is to make sure what you say resonates with your audience, giving them an incentive to work on their goals and strive for better ...
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus Noun 1. solar system - the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field system, scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of productio...