Namaste ~ Ella
Month: December 2014
Word Nerd: Noel
Word Nerd is an on-going feature that shares and highlights unique, whimsical and sometimes forgotten or overlooked words. It’s dedicated to the logophile in us all. Noel (no-el) noun The Christmas season; Yuletide. A carol or song. Noel to each and every one of you, whether you celebrate the season or not. May songs of… Continue reading Word Nerd: Noel
Monday Mantra 39 – Winter is the time for comfort…
"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: It is the time for home." ~ Edith Sitwell Winter has officially arrived here in the Northern Hemisphere, since it it the time of the Winter Solstice. Winter is a… Continue reading Monday Mantra 39 – Winter is the time for comfort…
Word Nerd: Treacle
Treacle is a delightful word, overly sweet and cloying. Treacle treats, all syrupy golden, make taste buds dance with joy. When things are treacly they are showing an excessive sentimentality, and just like the syrup that uses treacle as it's name, it's a sticky, gooey, tooth-achy mess! Treacle is also a word that could easily… Continue reading Word Nerd: Treacle
Monday Mantra 38 – Christmas waves a magic wand over this world…
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." ~ Norman Vincent Peale The sun may be growing more distant and the Earth more silent and cold in it's sleep, but there is magic still... "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer… Continue reading Monday Mantra 38 – Christmas waves a magic wand over this world…
Word Nerd: Scrooge
In 1843 a character named Ebenezer Scrooge first appeared in a rather charming tome titled "A Christmas Carol" by one Charles Dickens, and ever since the word scrooge has been used to describe persons who possess a dismal, greedy, and downright bah-humbug disposition. Naturally, Ebenezer Scrooge mended his ways and attitude (it being Christmas, after all),… Continue reading Word Nerd: Scrooge
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