The Greek word xenos means stranger, guest, or host. Most people, from my experience, are not acquainted with this full meaning of the word, but only with the use of the word combined with the word phobia as xenophobia. Phobia means fear. Defining people through fear is not healthy. Stranger, guest, or host – these […]
Of Words and Water
I thought I was running out of words, meaning I was running out of inspiration for the last few A to Z challenge entries. Then I wandered over to Nilanjana Bose‘s Entry for the letter W on A to Z on water. Thanks to the world being such a large place spinning through space, I […]
Words Beginning with V Can Be Vexing
I ran through a lot of “V-words” attempting to find the perfect subject for this A to Z post. But I did not really want to launch in a veritable linguistic exercise in the nuance of word choice and change through time for words so easily misunderstood and misdefinined. Vermillon The rabbit hole I spiraled […]
How Universal is the Universe?
I do not believe we all live in the same universe. How could we? All we know is what we experience. Experience is filtered into our perception, our brains, our knowing, by what our senses send to our brains. Even saying this is so simplistic that it does not capture the experience of what is […]
Traveling Over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge by Telephone
My daughter was in Seattle for a conference this past week. She was accompanied by her husband and her dog. I’m a very fortunate person, she and I talk and Facetime all the time. And as they were driving out of Seattle they told me they were driving around the Olympic Mountains via the US […]
Stumbling and Rumbling, with or without a Switchblade
Am I reaching a bit too far to make alphabetic, A to Z, connections? Maybe. But I started out researching this post with Switchblade (see the YouTube video below) playing in the background. You might think it is a Peter Gun rip off, but I don’t think so. His classic, but vastly under-valued, fuzzy riffs […]