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All my life I have been fascinated by words — their sound, their rhythm, their meaning. Thus, big old dictionaries –– as well as dictionaries of obscure words, plus a trusty…

Non-Binary and Its PC Vocabulary: Proposing a Simple Fix to an Unnecessary Controversy That May Actually Mask a Much Larger Agenda   Recently, a quick video clip suddenly appeared on…

“Play with words … is one of the most beloved practices of human beings the world over and throughout recorded time.” –Walter Redfern, Puns, Basil Blackwell Press, 1988 Anyone who…

“Fortunate indeed is the child who never gives up the original impulse to bring forth from silence words which not only name and give meaning to the unknown, but which,…

Water: The Mater of All Matter An Unusual Tale of Quantum Physics, Dr. Shui Yin Lo And the Surprising Healing Properties of Solid Water Particles   Our body is designed...

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!   W.B. Yeats, The…

Announcing the Animated Video of eSoterica by Laurel Airica: The Definitive Exegesis on the Letter S in Verse   At long last, last year, I finally was able to hire…

Members of my extended family just welcomed a beautiful little girl into the world. And as with all newborns, one can see in her face the wisdom and knowing of…

[Mother of the World by the 20th C Russian mystic artist, Nicholas Roerich] The Unquestionable Right to Life! “Geniuses are just people who had good mothers.” R. Buckminster Fuller, 20th…

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” Oscar Wilde, 19th C Irish poet and playwright. During the Retreat at Elohee…