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For any simple word there’s almost always a fancy one that could, in a pinch, or, especially in a game of Scrabble, replace it. Take, for instance, the word xeric. The Oxford English Dictionary defines this word as, “Having or characterized by a scanty amount of moisture.” In other words “xeric” means “dry”. It’s primarily […]
Recently I was walking to an appointment (with gas prices the way they are I’m happy to either walk or take the bus when I can, in spite of the heat) and walked by a guy on the sidewalk playing a guitar and singing. Even though Nashville is “Music City” you don’t often see street […]
Earlier this week I saw my first Aranea cavatica of the year just above my deck. According to to Peter F. Neumeyer’s The Annotated Charlotte’s Web, this is the species of spider E.B. White had in mind when he wrote Charlotte’s Web. They are beautiful spiders, and I always like seeing them around my house […]
When I first read Junot Diaz’s collection of short stories Drown I really didn’t like it. The stories seemed too disconnected, too hard, but there was something about them that stuck with me. The barrio was far from any life I knew or had even experienced; here was a guy writing about men who have […]
I’m fairly knowledgeable when it comes to science–or so I like to think. At the same time, there are huge gaps in my knowledge, and things I hear about in passing that I’d like to know more about but don’t have the training to fully understand, and things I think I understand but I’m not […]
This week’s word is: wasabi. If you’ve ever eaten sushi, you’re familiar with the little green ball of paste that’s usually somewhere on your plate, as well as the surprising kick you sometimes get when a little wasabi is inside your maki or nigiri. And if you’ve ever been a sushi novice (hey, we all […]
Don’t forget to enter the Second Annual Just Write Summer Reading Contest! You could win a free book! Or you could just have an opportunity to share with others what you’re reading! And you’ll make me stop using exclamation points!
For almost anyone starting out as a writer one of the biggest obstacles has to be the obligatory cover-letter. You’ve worked hard on something, you have enough confidence to send it out into the world, but the cover-letter is where the editor gets his or her first impression, and that can be pretty intimidating. Your […]
In an article titled Inflated Phrases, art professor Christian Demand makes a staggering attack on “the mass of linguistic strutting, moral imposture and lazy thinking” that fills the texts that usually accompany art exhibits. Admitting that he’s not an art critic, and resisting the temptation to treat that as a virtue, he fires a pretty […]
Spell checkers, or maybe spellcheckers, are funny things. Depending on what you’re using, you might get corrected if you misspell something. For instance I misspell “misspell” all the time–that second “s” just don’t look right to me–so my spellchecker picks it up and automatically corrects it. Language is flexible, though. Maybe I want to say […] |
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