Losing words? Here are some new ones

When I can’t sleep, or if I get bored while driving, sometimes I’ll amuse myself by making up words. If getting older means I’m going to start forgetting words—or at least have trouble retrieving them […]
When I can’t sleep, or if I get bored while driving, sometimes I’ll amuse myself by making up words. If getting older means I’m going to start forgetting words—or at least have trouble retrieving them […]
I can’t exactly say that I’d like to go back and relive the era of the 60’s. Then again, right now I’m experiencing a different kind of 60’s, the one with Medicare in the middle, […]
This is part II of my interview with Ruth Weisberg. This week, she talked about narration, voice over work and her love for “painting with words.” Learned a lot from her as always and she […]
Haiku to Heteroskedasticity Some words are quite long Heteroskedasticity Is one of those those.* * = “Those those” because the last line needs five syllables. Haikus aren’t easy to write either. – Paul R. De […]
Writers are weird. I didn’t know just how weird until I became one. From being an opera singer for several decades, I already had a head start on being weird. That was a big help […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK It wouldn’t be another year if we didn’t come across lists of new words, something I discussed when the year was new. But what about old words? Now I’ve also […]
I think I’ve missed my calling in life and will present the reasons by combining the following letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and pictures, etc. I should have been a writer. I could have written stories […]
There are no awkward silences in my marriage. My wife fills them all with words. So. Many. Words. — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) January 4, 2014 Wife: Am I emotional when I’m pregnant? Me: […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK Would you like a selfie? How about a twerk? Your confusion could be understandable, especially if you’re not on the internet much. (Are there many people besides my grandmother who […]
Dear Auto-Correct, I don’t know how to say this, so I’m just going to let you know the way the kids are doing it these days. I’m going to write it on the interwebs. No, […]