Monthly Archives: May 2023

A Fledgling Book

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Kathy

As of today, A Grandmother’s ABC is available for purchase, with text by me and photos by Margaret Ewing. Order it from Shanti Arts, the publisher, or from your local bookstore. Bookshop.org is another good option. Amazon is also an … Continue reading →

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Everythingology

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Kathy

Another book, another vocabulary word. Therapist Lori Gottlieb in her excellent book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed defines ultracrepidarianism as “the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of … Continue reading →

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No Right Way

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Kathy

Valerie Fridland’s new book Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English provides enough material for an eternity of Wednesday Word posts. Literally. Yep, Fridland takes on not only the non-literal sense of literally, but also um and … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day Thoughts

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Kathy

I was hoping that my new book, A Grandmother’s ABC Book, would be available by Mother’s Day, but it’s becoming clear as the day passes that’s not going to happen. (That’s a joke.) The release date of June 6th is … Continue reading →

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A Little Skin

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Kathy

A diminutive (from Latin deminuere–to make small) is a cute-ified word that expresses fondness or describes something little and perhaps feminine. In English, suffixes such as -ette and -y create diminutives. A drum major is the big guy wearing the … Continue reading →

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Funny (Not Funny)

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Kathy

It’s disturbing to be writing about E. Jean Carroll’s 2019 memoir What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal the same weekend we attended a romantic family wedding. It was discomfiting reading the book in the Austin hotel room … Continue reading →

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Everything Old Is New Again

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Kathy

Latin offers nouns in three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. As you may know, adjectives change their gender endings in order to agree with the noun they’re modifying: bonus puer (good boy), bona puella (good girl), and bonum consilium (good … Continue reading →

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