Tag Archives: The Washington Post
Snowonder there aren’t more
Last winter, here on the East Coast, we witnessed the formation of clever and catchy weather portmanteaus. Remember portmanteaus? We discussed them last summer. Remember summer? Portmanteau is a term Lewis Carroll coined to describe the combining of the sound … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish
Date night
If you haven’t been following the lead up to tonight’s State of the Union address, or “SOTU” as inside-the-Beltway rags call it, something remarkable and history-making is about to happen. Rather than being separated into sections, Republicans and Democrats have … Continue reading
The List
Every New Year’s Day, the first thing I do is open The Washington Post and read The List, a comparative account of what’s Out and what’s In in the new year. Other papers around the country may publish something similar, … Continue reading
Time capsule in the news
In case you missed them, here are some headlines from Sunday’s Washington Post: “Twining Criticism Stirs NATO Clash” “Bulgaria Reds Shift Politburo” “Nixon Committee to Organize in District” “Gay Clothes Put Sparkle in Young Eyes” “Cosmopolitan Tehran Lacks Middle East … Continue reading
Filed under Beauty and Fashion, Family and Friends, Marketing/Advertising/PR, News, Politics, Reading
Punctuation is FUNdamental
Most major national news outlets covered the leaked angry e-mail from Alaska’s former First Dude Todd Palin to Joe Miller, Alaska Republican Senate candidate, and Tim Crawford, treasurer of SarahPAC, regarding Sarah Palin’s presidential aspirations, qualifications and possible support of Miller. But The … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, News, Politics
A real stinker
Something else is bugging us here in the nation’s capital. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, we are undergoing an invasion–in our homes, in our cars, at work, on our persons. We thought we were safe until 2021, … Continue reading
Filed under Foibles and Faux Pas, Music
The great outdoors
Every year, as the crispness of autumn begins to creep around the bend, my husband’s thoughts turn to camping. He goes several times a year with friends and loves it. He even cooks. I used to go occasionally, and our friends always … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, Family and Friends, Travel
H’lo? H’lo?
Everybody’s talking. They’re saying that nobody’s talking. In the past week, there’s been some news and commentary about shifts in the ways people communicate. Many are giving up their land line phones in favor of cell phones and some aren’t … Continue reading
Filed under Family and Friends, News, Technology and Social Media
Queen for a day
Do you ever have days when you can’t seem to do anything right? Or weeks? Or months? I go through long periods when I seem unusually prone to mistakes, and they overshadow anything good I might do. Lately it seems … Continue reading
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
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