Joyfully Retired

Hello fellow word-lovers. After three weeks off to mend my aching hand, I’m back to share a few words I’ve discovered in my reading. While reading The Red Pony I found some interesting new-to-me words: 1. bandy-legged: He was a broad, bandy-legged little man . . . A person who is bandy-legged is someone whose [...]

It’s Wednesday! Time for me to share my new-to-me words. Today I’m paying tribute to the New York Times and their big word writers. Here are three new words from three articles I read recently: 1.  I found vicissitude in a review of the book Half-Broke Horses. Walls revisits the adrenaline-charged frontier background that gave [...]

Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday, a weekly meme designed so we can share new-to-us words we find in our reading. I’ve been reading Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. Here are a few words I found. 1.  quirting: Cowboys who could ride anything caught the horses and ran them on fear, spurring and quirting them [...]

Thanks for stopping by to check on my new-to-me words. I love words. This weekly game of finding new words as I read adds to the joy of reading. A couple of months ago I told you about a new book I received for Christmas. It’s Grammar Girl’s 101 Words to Sound Smart. I’ve been [...]

Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday. I only have a couple of words this week. They are two left over from my last short story post: Chefoo, China by Thornton Wilder 1. tiffin: There was leisure for talk at the clubs on the Bunds, at the eternal tiffins, and teas, and dinners. A tiffin is a [...]