I do so enjoy the written word. I guess that's no surprise since I'm better at writing than speaking, and hey, I love to read. Words on paper are tangible; I can read them and keep them.
Here at home, still today, ten years after retiring, are all the quotes - the little slips of paper, the lists, the words of wisdom found or given through my 33 years of teaching. On my computer is the list of quotes of my retirement. Most are from one site, A.Word.A.Day.
Anu Garg selects a topic, finds five words for the week, gives the definition and anything else he wants before giving an example. Honestly, usually it's the quote that I connect with more than the word. But, yesterday, it wasn't the quote but the sentence for fractal that I enjoyed.
“After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shιt. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on, ad infinitum.”
~ Nate White; Why Do Many British People Not Like Donald Trump?; London Daily.
Look at all that's in that example...and then, what isn't. The topic. It isn't until we read the notation that we find that. What good writing and yes, what fun!
Today, there was another, another good example for the word that, today, I didn't know, glabella, the area between the eyebrows. Because of that fun bit, who knows, I might just remember it.
“‘Kiss my glabella,’ she said.
‘Sure.’
That’s not my glabella, silly, but, mmm, mmm, go ahead. I like that too. The glabella is the spot between my eyebrows.’
‘Not in America it ain’t.’”
~ Curt Leviant; Zix Zexy Ztories; Texas Tech University Press; 2012.
But, no matter, reading and words are fun for themselves. The added bonus? Actually using them. 😉
