Category: Words

  • enjambment

    enjambment

    I’ve been slogging my way through a book called “The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives” by Jennifer Michael Hecht. I’m not sure why it feels like a slog. There are moments of brilliant a-ha that keep me going and then times of “restful slow reading” (sleep). Plus…

  • Silence

    Just a month ago, I visited Caesar’s Head State Park in South Carolina. Today this region holds thousands of lives that have been disrupted, destroyed, forever altered. Sometimes silence is better than words. 

  • Word Tools

    Word Tools

    My go-to dictionary is Merriam Webster. One of the flavors of my love affair with words is to know ALL that a word means, and to peak around at uses of the word that I might not have considered. I’m also quite fond of tracing a words origins (and do not have a single go-to…

  • Writer’s Digest – A Confession

    Writer’s Digest – A Confession

    Confession. I have subscribed to Writer’s Digest magazine for over 5 years. I have read MAYBE six issues. Yet, every time renewal rolls around, I quickly send my payment. When the newest issue arrived last week, I hardly looked at. Still on the kitchen table, it will eventually get moved to one of the many…

  • About Books

    About Books

    In 2020, I renewed my commitment to read. What else was I going to do that year? I hit a goal of 100 by reading eight children’s story books in the last days of the year. Some people don’t count children’s picture books when they count how many books have they read – but I…