Continue Reading Chosen Words Apparently some things can’t make it into dictionaries… For those which do, however, there is always that end-of-the-year competition of being chosen as…
Continue Reading Big Words Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly is the title of a decade-old Princeton study…
Continue Reading Happy Words So many happy words. Here are the ones rated most highly in order of reflection of happiness: Laughter, happiness, love, happy, laughed, laugh,…
Continue Reading Language Lesson Yesterday was one of those days where my brain was too tired to engage in critical analysis of – really of anything….
Continue Reading Hanukkah behind Bars This week’s blog was geared towards imaginary travel, to explore places or meet people of interest. I could, theoretically, transform those fantasies…
Continue Reading Hanukkah in Miami The Miami Art Week this year runs from December 3 -9. I won’t be there, so I’ll miss out on press releases…
Continue Reading No Hanukkah in Mongolia An astonishing piece of writing appeared some 5 years ago in the New Yorker. Ariel Levy’s autobiographical essay on having a miscarriage…
Continue Reading Visions On the first night of Hanukkah I found myself surrounded by a gaggle of otherworldly creatures swarming along the sidewalks of Hawthorne…
Continue Reading Happy Hanukkah This week Hanukkah is upon us, fatty foods, hypocrisy and all. Or so I read in the NYT, which reaffirms what I…
Continue Reading Hanacpachap Cussicuinin Amazed I managed to spell that. More amazed at what it actually entails. Today’s title words are the name of a four-part polyphonic…
