For nature enthusiasts, casual observers, and language lovers alike, the ability to articulate the splendor and serenity of the natural world is a powerful tool. English, with its vast vocabulary, offers a rich tapestry of words to describe the environment around us. Let's de...
Today I hope I have brought a little light to the world; I ask you to do the same. Join me in posting something happy and upbeat, funny or serious but always sunny. It can be poems, stories (real or fiction), pictures, quotes or music. Let’s spread a little joy today. Encourage...
After walking for a time on various desert trails, I realized no words could ever adequately describe the land’s vast topography, its sweeping spaciousness, and the dramatic rise of its sheer rock faces. I simply fell silent. Perhaps silence is the best way to walk through such landscape....
posthumously released albumJa,Zoo. While two singles from this album had been completed during hide’s lifetime (“PINK SPIDER” was already in the can, but released just after his sudden death), the entire album had yet to be finished, with songs still in demo phases, vocals still ...
I am not going to describe the museum. For those who are interested, use your googles and you can find all the information that you desire. I did have a hot dog, which is one of my favorite foods. (I don’t care if the under-intelligent generation call them glizzies.) My favorite...
Last fall, I wrote back-to-back columns that used comedian Al Franken’s trademark line – “it’s all about me” –first to describe the world of a dependent care recipient and then to remind caregivers of the need to stop and take care of themselves periodically. I’m no longer a ...
words having the same beginning sound: "When and where have alliterate sounds." It can also be used as a verb to describe this phenomenon: "Sammy and Susan's names alliterate." Illiterate is an adjective meaning unable to read: "Since you are able to read this, you are not illiterate....
Sun and sand are two qualities that best describe the beach. The temperature is most always hot, and depending on the climate there is a wide range of activities that can be enjoyed. People can swim in the ocean, surf, lay in the sun, Bar-B-Q, bring a picnic, build a bonfire, ...
We had dinner atBuck Bay Shellfish. I had the most incredible halibut fish and chips…like I can’t even describe how good it was…not greasy at all. I love it because you order and just sit at picnic tables outside, nothing fancy about it!
think is just, take a lightbulb — the brightest lightbulb that you could ever possibly imagine — and just paint it all the colors that you know Earth to be, and turn it on, and be blinded by it.” Because day, night, sunrise, sunset, it is just glowing in all of those colors....