Joyfully Retired

Thanks for stopping by to check on my Wondrous Words. I love to find words in my reading but this week my new-to-me words came from – would you believe it? –  television. 1. recidivism: I found this first word while watching the local news out of San Francisco. The reporter was showing an underwater [...]

I recently purchased a book on a subject I find fascinating: words!  I know you’re not surprised since I love to participate in Wondrous Words nearly every week. The book is called Grammar Girls 101 Words To Sound Smart by Mignon Fogarty. The book highlights only 101 words the author has  determined are “familiar to [...]

Thanks for stopping  by to check on the new words I found this week. I finished another Agatha Christie book (Death On the Nile) which almost always contains a few new-to-me words. Here’s what I found: 1.  fulsome: M. Blondin, however, was positively fulsome in his attentions. Fulsome is an adjective meaning complimentary or flattering to [...]

In today’s edition of Wondrous Words Wednesday I have only one word. It’s, of course, new to me but also very interesting. The word is from Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai. The word is durian and here is how it was used in the book: No one has offered to share what I smell: [...]

Wednesday is the day to share new words we find in our reading. My whole family loves to help me. Cerrin, our youngest, specializes in finding the best new words in cartoons. Here’s her latest: Adam by Brian Bassett Proboscis sounded familiar but it didn’t come to mind right away. I didn’t detect any clues [...]