Each year, the Oxford American Dictionary chooses a word of the year. Typically, they are words you won’t yet find in your reference books. Language is living, always evolving. As our world makes its rapid-fire changes, we need new descriptors. I thought I’d mention this year’s, since it’s food related and […]
As might be expected, food gifts are always a hit in my household.
This year, the winning holiday package came from Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village.
Murray’s pairs three gourmet cheeses with three bars of chocolate from New York’s Mr. Chocolate (Jacques Torres). Since there’re only two of us, we’ve only broken into one […]
My over-late postings this week must be blamed on the cat.
And I shouldn’t blame him. He has enough troubles already.
Diagnosed this week with likely cancer, I am watching him decline before my eyes. It’s hard for me to focus on much else.
But a report from NPR’s “Hidden […]
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Wired magazine recently invited authors and others to embark upon Hemingway’s esteemed path and write a very short (six word) story.
Apparently, Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words (”For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”) and called it his best work.
I decided to try the exercise here, using my ever-present (though sometimes […]