WOTD – April 24th, 2007: caesious

caesious (SEE-zee-uhs) adjective Bluish or grayish green. [From Latin caesius, probably from caelum (sky).] After eating eight or nine oysters, one lobster tail, and what was sure to be two dozen clams and having drank five beers, Bill started to look caesious around the edges. His moan of discontent, the clutch of his arms around [...]

WOTD – April 23rd, 2007: Abstemious

abstemious (ab-STEE-mee-uhs) adjective Sparing, especially in matters of eating and drinking. [From Latin abstemius, from ab- (from) + temetum (liquor).] Susan never thought that she would become such an abstemious person after living a life sure to be labeled gluttonous. But once seeing the movie Super Size Me, she had decided that eating and drinking [...]

WOTD – April 22nd, 2007: Finial

finial (FIN-ee-ehl, FI-nee-) noun 1. An ornamental object on top of an architectural structure or a piece of furniture. 2. A curve at the end of the main stroke of a character in some italic fonts. [From Middle English finial (final), from Latin finis (end).] Harry stumbled into one of the dining room chairs as [...]

Love and Loss – For Frances

Love and loss — like ants marching in a line — can be seen and acknowledged and then trampled on by the unsuspecting. But as long as the colony that harbored the industrious survives the unknowing destruction, the love that was trod upon will still continue to grow and loss will still linger in the [...]