Kate said REWARD! At first glance I was not thrilled with today’s word. Reward. Sounds self-serving and manipulative to me. If you do this, this, and this then you will get a reward. That is okay if you’re training a dog but humans? Not.So.Much. Reward has 23 listings in the concordance at the back of… [Read More]
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Five Minute Friday: PLACE
Kate said PLACE. Kate chose the word to support her friend Christie Purifoy’s new book, PLACEmaker; I am glad she did that because the book is excellent. It is good and pleasant — sharing about home and friendship and hospitality and PLACE! We moved from our home of thirty years in June 2018 – the… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: MORE
Kate said MORE. I am thinking. the more the merrier less is more more, please more or less More is a word we probably use “more” than we even know. And, yet in this season of my life I find I don’t want much more. I have all that I need. If I was to… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: JUST
Kate said just. Hmm. Adjective or adverb? How should this word be handled today? Because I am homeschooling English / Vocabulary / Spelling / Literature to my sophomore grandson I feel rather smart this morning. So I’ll approach it like this: Just – adjective: fair, fair-minded, equitable, even-handed, impartial, unbiased, objective, neutral. “A just and… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: CONVENIENT
Kate said, “Convenient.” In June of 2018 my hubs and I sold our home of 30 years and moved into an urban neighborhood, one block from downtown. In fact when you look out our bedroom window or stand on the balcony of our third floor loft you see the downtown. I’ve been Instagramming pictures tagged… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: INFLUENCE
Kate said INFLUENCE Such a loaded word. Everything, whether good or bad, influences us one way or another. I have had wonderful people in my life who have influenced me in excellent ways. And the opposite is true also, I’ve had un-wonderful people influence me. My wasband influenced the way I saw myself, ugly and… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: WITH
Kate said, “WITH.” Odd word, with. How does one define “With?” It’s very sound means to be WITH. LOL. Not alone. Not by yourself. Not a single entity. But, WITH. I learned a long time ago that when all is said and done, my deep satisfaction, my deepest desires are the result of One. Remember,… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: STILL
Kate said, “STILL.” Still: the absence of movement. (Susan’s dictionary) Don’t move. Sit still. Stop wiggling. Can’t you sit still for even a moment? My hubs did hair for fifty years – he took a long hiatus from it 1988 through 2012 but he never stopped doing my hair and the above phrases are those… [Read More]