Thursday, June 29, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Creativity All Around
The summer is here! Much time will be spent outdoors enjoying the sights and sounds of the streets. The laughter of children playing, the smell of fresh popcorn, and the salty breeze at the beach.
As writers, creativity is all before us. The creative juices are flowing, fleshing out nuggets for ideas for that next story, poem, or novel. Creativity never takes a vacation. It can be something small and insignificant or something grand. It's out there nevertheless. Ideas are inexhaustible; it just takes an open mind and heart to flesh them out.
As writers, creativity is all before us. The creative juices are flowing, fleshing out nuggets for ideas for that next story, poem, or novel. Creativity never takes a vacation. It can be something small and insignificant or something grand. It's out there nevertheless. Ideas are inexhaustible; it just takes an open mind and heart to flesh them out.
TODAY'S WORD
VOLTEFACE
The act of turning so as to face in the opposite direction.
A complete change of attitude or opinion.
The act of turning so as to face in the opposite direction.
A complete change of attitude or opinion.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Thursday, June 22, 2006
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive
its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to
sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called
to something higher.
- Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (1515-1582)
its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to
sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called
to something higher.
- Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (1515-1582)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
TODAY'S WORD
TORUS
1. A large molding of convex profile commonly occuring
as the lowest molding at the base of a column.
1. A large molding of convex profile commonly occuring
as the lowest molding at the base of a column.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
SLAM ARTISTS AND WORDOLOGISTS
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10009
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10009
Website: nuyorican.org
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The reason for going on a journey is to see and discover things you may have never knew existed.
Monday, June 19, 2006
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached
by the caravan of thinking.
-Kahlil Gibran, poet (1883-1931)
by the caravan of thinking.
-Kahlil Gibran, poet (1883-1931)
Friday, June 16, 2006
TODAY'S WORD
BICOASTAL
Of or relating to or living or working on both the east and
west coasts of the United States.
Of or relating to or living or working on both the east and
west coasts of the United States.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer
than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more
awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing
through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
-Kahlil Gibran, poet (1883-1931)
than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more
awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing
through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
-Kahlil Gibran, poet (1883-1931)
TODAY'S WORD
DIDACTIC
1. a: Designed or intended to teach.
b: Intended to convey insturction
and information as well as pleasure
and entertainment.
2. Making moral observations.
1. a: Designed or intended to teach.
b: Intended to convey insturction
and information as well as pleasure
and entertainment.
2. Making moral observations.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever;
but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrw.
-Solomom Ibn Gabirol, Spanish poet (1021-1058)
but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrw.
-Solomom Ibn Gabirol, Spanish poet (1021-1058)
Monday, June 12, 2006
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money,
on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would have done as good without one.
-Bobby Vinton, American entertainer
(b. 1935)
on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would have done as good without one.
-Bobby Vinton, American entertainer
(b. 1935)
Friday, June 09, 2006
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865)
It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865)
Thursday, June 08, 2006
POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD
If you can't get enough of poetry and the spoken word, you can find a number of readings @ WWW.POETZ.COM.
TODAY'S WORD
SERPENTINE
1. Of or resembbling a serpent (as in form or movement)
2. Subtly wily or tempting
3. A winding or turning one way and another
1. Of or resembbling a serpent (as in form or movement)
2. Subtly wily or tempting
3. A winding or turning one way and another
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
-Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865)
-Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865)
TODAY'S WORD
PLUTOCRACY
1. A government in which the wealthy class rules.
2. A class ruling by virtue of its wealth.
1. A government in which the wealthy class rules.
2. A class ruling by virtue of its wealth.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Monday, June 05, 2006
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Know hows to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
-Plutarch, Greek philosopher (46-120 AD)
-Plutarch, Greek philosopher (46-120 AD)
Friday, June 02, 2006
SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING
VEIN- One of the branch vessels conveying blood to the heart.
VAIN- Excessively proud of or conceited about one's own
appearance or achievements.
VAIN- Excessively proud of or conceited about one's own
appearance or achievements.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
-T.S. Eliot, English poet (1888-1965)
-T.S. Eliot, English poet (1888-1965)
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