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Wednesday’s Word of the Week #1: Linguaphile
I am trying out a new weekly series on my blog…a word of the week. As a writer, I have always been obsessed with language and words. It always felt so magical to me the way beauty can be created by stringing together words in unique and interesting combinations to form different images in the mind’s eye. I also am intrigued by how words have come into existence and use in the English language (I specify English because I am not multilingual in any way). Recently, I ran this idea by my good friend, Susan Marinelli, another wordsmith who shares my obsession with words and language (you can read her…
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Mind Your Words
We as human beings have many ways of communicating with each other…words, body language, facial expressions, actions, the way we dress, the way we walk, our overall presentation of ourselves to the world. So you see, there are many underlying reasons why I do the things I do. Getting dressed to feel good and present a positive image of myself to the world is important to me. It communicates that I have pride in myself, that I take care of myself so I can take care of the people in my life that need me. It communicates that I make an effort to participate in my life everyday and to…