Six Sights Seen Three
Lots of things may be seen in these long-houred soraraza days. Calendulas have begun to bloom. I won’t reveal who this person is. The hair is great, and the hat […]
Category Archives: Words
Crepuscular Manipulations
That dim light which characterizes dawn and dusk is “crepuscular” light. Those rays of light we sometimes see radiating from holes and edges of clouds are called “crepuscular rays”. Some […]
A Dozen Up Close in the Garden, with An Etaerio of Drupelets.
People are complaining. The plants are growing too fast. A friend of mine cut her grass before she went away for the weekend, and when she came home, she had […]
Pinkletink, Chaugset, Gerenuk and Beetlebung.
I have been thinking about animal names. And a plant name. There sure are some interesting sounds used for handles. Some of the best names come from the Native Americans. […]
Bosc…
Let us salute Monsieur Louis Auguste Guillaume Bosc, the nineteenth century Belgian botanist, chemist, invertebrate zoologist, entomologist, and horticulturalist, whose extraordinary life gave us, in addition to a substantial corpus […]
Amphisbaena
The US political campaign season is swinging into full monetary gear. With so many average people hurting, and backed into corners, it’s hard not to be thinking about politicians. Politicians. […]
Bombazines Away!
The dictionary is one big book. This morning, while poking along in mid-B, what should appear but “bombazine”. Bombazine is a fabric originally made of silk or silk and wool. […]
The Light Bill
At one time, almost all human activity took place during daylight hours. For the lower classes, extra light at night was just not affordable. The height of middle class […]
Logophilia and Nekkidity
“Gumnos”, in Greek, means “naked”. Who knew? Not me. Gumnos turns up in a handful of English words, as “gym” and “gymn”. As in gymnosperm, which is a naked seed. […]
The Aubade, the Eohippus and the Attotesla
The aubade is an antonym for a word you know already, which is “serenade”. Serenades are to be sung in the evening, the aubade, in the morning. Wiki gets more precise, […]
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