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Wednesday is the day I celebrate words. I like finding new words wherever I go. My daughter Cerrin came up with a fun cartoon that seems to be celebrating big words between these two boys.. It seems to me the cartoonist, Brian Basset, is also celebrating words. To tell you the truth, I knew all [...]

Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday.  Monday I told you about Chefoo, China, a short story by Thornton Wilder. While reading I came across quite a few new words. Here are a few of them: 1. clamorous: Consuls hated the missionaries for their clamorous demads. Clamorous is the adjective derivative of clamor. Clamor means a loud and [...]

Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday. Today is the day we share the new words we’ve picked up while reading. I’m reading the clasic mystery The Body In the Library by Agatha Christie. It was written in in 1942 and I thought that would be current enough that there wouldn’t be so many unknown words. But, [...]

Thanks for stopping by to check on this week’s new words. My family enjoys words, word games, and especially finding new words. My son subscribes to an online service that sends him a new word each day. Occasionally he’ll send me some that are interesting. In February he found a word that is similar to [...]

Happy Leap Day everyone. I hope you have a chance to spend your extra day doing something you enjoy, with people you love. I have two new words to share this week. They come from Pioneer Woman: From Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond. This book was so sweet and just plain fun to [...]