Category: Words
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Siex Word Sæterdæg: Wist ābūtan tīma!

Six Word Saturday: It’s about time! (I hear you say, although that’s also what I’m trying to say up there in the header using some very old words.) Siex = Six Word = Hmmm…. I wonder… Sæterdæg = Saturday (seems obvious) Wist = It Ābūtan = About Tīma = Tima er time It’s now ābūtan…
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Light

Debbie’s theme for One Word Sunday this week is ‘Light’. Above are some candles, with candlelight. Below are some crystals with both reflected and refracted light. This light, of course, includes the candlelight, and other light sources as well. It took me ages to get just that tiny speck of yellow light there in the…
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Another Year Starts, Last Year Departs

Yes! It’s my birthday today. I’m 24. I’ve been 24 for a while. I haven’t aged since reaching 24. 24 seems to be my magic number. Actually, it isn’t, it’s 4, or maybe 7… and some people say I haven’t aged since reaching either of those years. But hey! Age is just a number, right?…
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A Neologist’s Request
Recently, Chris from Luna’s On Line, introduced me to a new word. She also introduced me to ‘neologist’, but that isn’t the word I’m referring to. No. The word she quoth was ‘braccaneer’. Braccaneer? You ask. I can hear you. I can also hear you ask “what does that mean?”, and luckily for you, that…
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Vertiginous

For One Word Sunday this week, Debbie’s theme is Vertiginous. Now, I’m not going to lie. I had to look the word up, which, to me, is actually the opposite of what it means. Vertiginous: adjective extremely high or steep. relating to or affected by vertigo. Can you be affected by vertigo by looking up…