weekword

Smile and say Lotion

October 5, 2012

A double dip post today! Weekword with John of The Healing Seed  is Smile. 30 days of photos with this flock of red herrings.  Today’s prompt is Lotion.  A cruel prompt indeed.  The only  thoughts coming to my mind are not clean.  I decided to bend the definition slightly.  Lotion – liquid preparation having a [...]

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Weekword – Observe

September 14, 2012

Weekword is a weekly blog traveling linking party.  The host picks a word on Monday and every one puts their post up on their own blog on Friday.  Every one does some blog hopping leaving comment love and making new friends.  This week I chose the word Observe.  As I was putting up the post [...]

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Week Word: Ultracrepidarianism

January 20, 2012

Sally of Diario picked the best word!  For more posts on this word hop over to Sally’s blog. Ultracrepidarianism is the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of one’s knowledge. What a perfect word for me.  I love to give advice and I usually have no idea what I’m talking about.  My Uncle [...]

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Weekword Witty!

September 23, 2011

I chose witty before I was attacked by a vicious horrible bug.   It does seem unusual the week I write about bug sex, I get attacked by an unseen bug.  My blog post may have led to retaliation.  It took 10 hours of puking to hopefully rid my body of this bug.  However, I’m so [...]

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Weekword – Witty

September 19, 2011

“A witty saying proves nothing.” Voltaire (1694-1778) wit·ty 1.Possessing wit  in speech or writing; amusingly clever inperception and expression: a witty writer. 2. Characterized by wit: a witty remark. 3. British Dialect . intelligent; clever. This week I chose the word, Witty.  I consider myself a person with a pretty dull sense of wit.  What do you consider witty?  Can you paint witty?  If you took a photo of witty what would it look like?  Spend the next [...]

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Weekword – Quixotic

August 12, 2011

My buddy, Carmen, over at Tails of a Biomouse chose the word quixotic. Quixotic –adjective 1. ( sometimes initial capital letter ) resembling or befitting DonQuixote. 2. extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical,or impracticable. 3. impulsive and often rashly unpredictable. quixotic  “extravagantly chivalrous,” 1791, from Don Quixote,  romantic, impractical  hero of Cervantes’ satirical novel “Don Quixote de laMancha”  (1605). His  name lit. means “thigh,” also “a cuisse” (apiece of armor for the thigh), in  Mod.Sp. quijote,  from L. coxa “hip.”   There is always something engagingly lunatic about Ralph, a Quixotic quality, although his windmills are ditches and his faithful nag a powerful motor-cycle. -Ustinov, Sir PeterAlexander   Of Sir Ralph Richardson. Dear Me. [...]

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Weekword – Balance

June 10, 2011

First of all, I really need your help.  Yesterday’s post is part of a contest and in order for me to win tickets to the Decatur Book Festival launch party I need as many comments as possible.  I’m currently in last place.  If you would be so kind as to hop over and leave a [...]

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Weekword – Catharsis

May 21, 2011

Emma at The Gift Shed’s Blog picked Catharsis for the weekword. The first thought that comes to mind with catharsis is purging.  Specifically in the arena of vomiting.  Nice.  Right?  I aim to please.  I can’t say I love to vomit but I usually feel ten times better after so I don’t rule it out [...]

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Hades is Anticipation

April 9, 2011

This week the hostess is Christine E-E of Silver Linings 4 Me.  She picked Anticipation.  Hop over to her place to see all the interpretations of anticipation.  Since I’m, also, doing A to Z and today is H, I combined the two.  H is for Hades.  For me Hades is a big bundle of anticipation.  [...]

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Weekword: AMUSE!

April 1, 2011

Do I look amused yet?   How about a joke?  Knock. Knock. Who is there?  Banana. Banana who? Knock. Knock.  Who is there? Banana.  Banana who? Knock. Knock.  Who is there? Orange.  Orange who? Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?   That amused you right?   Certainly these websites will do the job if I can’t… Dumb [...]

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