“Noun: a massive amount of widely and rapidly circulating information about a particular crisis or controversial issue, consisting of a confusing combination of fact, falsehood, rumor, and opinion.” 12.8.20 Word-of-the-Day,…
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Have you ever wondered why the day commemorating the torturous crucifixion of the Prince of Peace is called ‘Good Friday?’ What, exactly, was good about it? Conversely, the biggest shopping…
“We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies…
You may have heard by now of the Japanese term, shinrin-yoku, which translates as forest bathing –– a restorative treatment for depression that is said to elevate our immune response….
“…One ought to recognize that the present political chaos is connected with the decay of language, and that one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal…
When I was a child, we frequently visited the palatial Museum of Natural History in L.A.’s Exposition Park. And in my estimation, it was the Hall of Minerals that contained…
In our 2nd session of the WordMagic WordShoppe, one of the participants introduced us to the Japanese word moai [moe-eye], which essentially means, ‘meeting for a common purpose.’ This is…
Have you heard people speak of mental ‘mettle’? Or is this one of those important words that have lost their currency in the public mind? Mettle is synonymous with courage…
One of the participants in our WordMagic WordShoppe yesterday introduced us to the Japanese term, Moai[1] (pronounced ‘moe-eye’). I looked it up and learned that it means ‘meeting for a…
After watching my 2010 YouTube video, The Secret Spells of the English Language, people want to know ‘Who did this to us?’ It’s a really good question and is perhaps…