Joyfully Retired

A boatload of thanks to Kathy (Bermuda Onion) for sponsoring this weekly gathering of new words. I’m reading this week from Max McCoy’s Sons of Fire. It’s a moving book set in the Civil War period. I’ve found a few new-to-me words. 1. Remuda:  “Where’d you get that stock?” asked the owner of the mill, [...]

Time to gather together all the new words I’ve learned this week. My words come from Corduroy Mansions/The Dog Who Came in from the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith. I’m following this fun serialized novel here. 1. concomitant: This could be demographic, as when there were simply not enough young mem to go round or [...]

Welcome to Wednesday, the day to celebrate new (to me) words. Wondrous Words Wednesday is sponsored by Kathy of Bermuda Onion’s Weblog. Here are some new words I found this week: From Once in a Blue Moon by Eileen Goudge I found a couple of simple words but I didn’t know what they meant. (For my [...]

Welcome to Wednesday, the day to celebrate new (to me) words. Wondrous Words Wednesday is sponsored by Kathy of Bermuda Onion’s Weblog. Here are some new words I found this week: I saw a travel book on Ms. Bookish/Belle’s website that caught my attention. I was interested because it’s about traveling in Italy and the [...]

Today is the day we gather together the new words we’ve discovered this week. Kathy of Bermuda Onion’s Weblog is our sponsor. Check Kathy’s blog for more details. My first two new-to-me words came from The Postmistress by Sarah Blake. 1. errancy: “These days, errancy cannot go long undetected. Someone can pick up the phone [...]