Shakespeare’s Contributions
I’m on a word kick lately, as you might have noticed. A week or so ago, Christine commented on my website that Shakespeare was a pro at making up words. Turns out that many common words today were first found in the Bard’s work. And by many, I mean 1700 words. (There...
Words for Book Lovers
In keeping with the theme of new vocabulary that started last week with words John Koenig had made up to describe emotions people have, I’ve come across some unusual words just for book lovers. Here are my two favorites from a list compiled by Oxford Dictionary: 1....
Did you know it’s completely legit to make up new words?
Making up words is fun, but most of the ones I make up aren’t good words. They’re usually just weird noises while I’m trying to describe things to my children. Like “Hold the flusher down until the toilet glugurgles.” But, I’ve recently come across John Koenig who’s...
New online epic fantasy book club!
I would like to say that I love all of you. After my comment in my last post about how I’ve lived near Glacier National Park for years and barely ever visited, I heard back from a lot of you that I’m not the only one. I think I need to instigate some sort of “Act Like...
Enjoying where you live
We moved this week and I’m writing you from the chaos and beauty that is our new home. We’re in that in-between phase where we are in our new house, but not quite out of the old one. I can find all sorts of obscure things like extra shower curtains that I have no need...
Book Cover Award
A Keeper's Tale received a Gold Star Rating for cover design from The Book Designer.