Monthly Archives: July 2010
Dear Chelsea
Dear Chelsea, Please accept my very best wishes for you and Marc on your wedding day today. You and I have never met, which explains why I wasn’t invited, though I have met your parents a time or two. Your … Continue reading
Filed under Family and Friends, Music, News
In Memoriam: Darrin Beachy
Of the special things we could truly count on in life, one was going to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware–and to Espuma restaurant–and having the great pleasure of being served by Darrin Beachy. Every year for the last 10 years, my husband, friends and … Continue reading
Filed under Family and Friends, Food, In Memoriam, Travel
Waiting on Godot
My parents were sticklers when it came to teaching us proper speech. I look forward to sharing more examples later, but one particular lesson comes to mind today. One approach my father took in teaching life lessons was to warn … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, Family and Friends, Music, Sports and Recreation
Not the end of the world
You may have noticed that Word Nymph didn’t post yesterday. Following 100 consecutive daily posts (except Sundays), the streak was broken yesterday by a series of outages here in the Washington, D.C., area. The irony is that yesterday I had planned … Continue reading
Filed under Family and Friends, Foibles and Faux Pas
Centesimal celebration
I am tired of talking about me. When I posted my first blog entry in late March, I expressed discomfort about blogs in general, because people tend to use them as platforms for talking about themselves, and I just didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, Family and Friends, News, Reading, Technology and Social Media
Got your nose
Yesterday we talked about shooting ourselves in the foot (or is it feet?). I hope you won’t mind our carrying this idiomatic conversation into a second day, as there’s another expression that goes hand in hand with the foot. “Don’t cut … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, Uncategorized
Coward or careless?
In matters of public affairs, we often hear about a person shooting himself in the foot. Typically, this means the person has exercised either poor judgment or incompetence, thus jeopardizing his cause. Frankly, I’ve never given the expression much thought. … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, Family and Friends, Foibles and Faux Pas, Music
Last words
Is anyone else a creature of habit when it comes to reading the newspaper? I don’t mean that you read it but, rather, how you read it. I’ve been reading The Washington Post every day for 27 years and still … Continue reading
Filed under Family and Friends, Music, News, Reading
Beware of age
Yesterday’s disappointing news from the Gulf of Mexico has had me fixed on a particular word, one that seldom appears in good news. Not long after it seemed the cap on BP’s spewing oil well was going to hold and … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, Marketing/Advertising/PR, News
