A Periodic Sentence #AtoZChallenge
Perilous storms on the horizon portend tragedy. And help to illustrate a couple of literary terms as they tug at your heartstrings. Plenty of pathos.
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, flash fiction, pathos, periodic sentence
Ominous Clouds #AtoZChallenge
O-fficially O-ver The #AtoZChallenge2019 is officially over. Do I throw in the towel, admit “failure”? Oh, no. Nope. I’m going to finish this thing if it takes the next six months. Ominous Clouds In the last week and a half I’ve put over 1600 miles on my car. It’s a 2014 Honda with less than […]
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, storm, storm chaser, tornado, tornadoes
Notre Dame #AtoZChallenge #WATWB
Morning brought shock, sadness, but a glimmer of hope. The two bell towers still stood.
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, bees, catholic, easter, faith, holy week, notre dame, watwb
Generosity and Thankfulness, Op-Ed
Mindful #AtoZChallenge #WATWB #BeKind
Let’s light our own inner light of kindness by opening our eyes to the “fuel” for our lamps – the blessings we receive, the kindnesses of others – and promise to help keep each other’s torches lit when it seems we’re surrounded by the creeping darkness of hate and negativity.”
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, aware, grace, kind, mindful, oath, promise, thankful
Lovely #AtoZChallenge #WATWB
Here’s how one Texas art teacher encouraged her young students, ages 3 to 11, to express their creativity.
Killin’ It! #AtoZChallenge
The (hap)hazards of modern time management, and little known lexicographical news!
Joyful J #AtoZChallenge
If you’re confused over why J sometimes sounds like “y” and sometimes like the “j” in “jam,” read on!
Inopinatum #AtoZChallenge
Of course it’s a rhetorical question – isn’t that the nature of a lighthouse?
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, inopinatum, poem, rhetoric
Hendiadys, Homologia, and Homeoprophoron #AtoZChallenge
hendiadys Fluff and clouds, drifting, cross the sky. Birds play hide-and-seek in cotton-candy and whisps of fog, Their mothers call them home to feathers and nests, As sunshine and day retreat – and mine calls me to feathers and bed. homiologia and homoeoprophoron He is a little so-and-so, and so Will not amount to much, […]
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, hendiadys, homeoprophoron, homologia, rhetoric
Gym #AtoZChallenge
If you know me at all, you might think my answer to, “What was your least favorite subject in school?” was math. It wasn’t. Not even close. It was “gym class.” It still is. But I know, now, that the alternative – “excuse-ridden couch potato” – isn’t good for me. It isn’t serving my overall […]
Growth #AtoZChallenge
Growing plants is a “stretch goal” for me. I kill plants. It’s what I do. I can even kill silk plants; all it takes is a good vacuum cleaner. I grew up during the height of the 1970s houseplant fad. Apparently, it’s making a comeback, fueled by Millennials, and people are noticing but struggling to […]
a2zchallenge2019, asparagus, atozchallenge2019, fern, houseplants, plants, purple, spider, zebrina
Fallacy Fallacy #AtoZChallenge
Two wrongs don’t make a right. But two wrongs don’t make a wrong, either, necessarily. This is where the fallacy fallacy comes in.
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, fallacy-fallacy, kale, logic, logical fallacy
Exergasia and Eustathia #AtoZChallenge
If you haven’t guessed by now (or have failed to follow the breadcrumbs) this month’s poetry has mostly been based on rhetorical figures of the same names, and through these little verses, I attempt to provide examples (along with a little sly wordplay, as in the last verse).
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, eustathia, exergasia, rhetoric
Distractio #AtoZChallenge
Just poetry and wordplay, in a rhetorical sense.
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, dendrographia, diazeugma, digressio, dilemma, distractio, poems, poetry, rhetoric
Crystallized Ginger #AtoZChallenge
When I was little, I discovered crystallized ginger in the spice rack. Crunchy, spicy, hot, and sweet, crystallized ginger became my favorite candy. My mother didn’t seem to mind; I’m not sure she’d ever found a better use for it. Traveling to Alaska, a few years ago, with my husband, son, and daughter, I indulged […]
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, candied ginger, candy making, crystallized ginger, ginger, sugar
Auditory Anxiety Alleviation #AtoZChallenge
Many of us use music therapy intuitively, and that it is a very personal thing. Your mood-lifting, anxiety-reducing playlist won’t be the same as mine.
a2zchallenge2019, anxiety, atozchallenge2019, audio, aural, music therapy
April’s Amorous Adynata – #AtoZChallenge
And so it begins… the April A to Z Challenge 2019. I was fence sitting, but then realized this is the 10th anniversary of the challenge, so how could I resist joining in?
