I hope you are enjoying these 'lost' words. They give us a glimpse at the language of times past. I thank Stephen for allowing me to share them - http://phrontistery.info/clw.html Canitude 1656 -1742 greyness; hoariness; whiteness The first...
Month: February 2016
Writing Prompt – Underground…
There will be a quarterly prize for the top voted response to these weekly prompts – so make sure you comment below to enter the contest. 1000 word maximum. Using the location in the photograph, write a short story or poem. It can be about the location, or people that...
Alternative Living – CoHousing…
Photo: The Sunward Co-housing community - Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2003. Another intentional community option in alternative living is co-housing. This consists of private homes supplemented by shared facilities. The residents plan, own and manage the community through...
Lost Words for Food & Drink…
bromography 1860 -1860 a treatise on food. It's not enough to write a bromography - today's celebrity chefs need to be on TV! homerkin 1662 -1663 old liquid measure for beer. "I'm so thirsty I could drink a homerkin of beer,"...
