Words Getting More Common: Portal
Portal For most of my life "portals" were a science fiction mechanism for getting from one state to another....
Category: Travel
Wine Three
"The best way to drink wine is in the way you most enjoy it." Variously attributed. From The Little Book of...
Wine Two
"Wine is bottled poetry." Robert Louis Stevenson From The Little Book of Wine. We spent a few weeks in...
Traffic
"When you are in traffic, you are also traffic." In the immortal words of President Obama: "We are the people...
Words Seldom Seen: Opprobrium
Opprobrium Noun: harsh criticism or censure. Example: "Attacking civilians will almost always lead to...
Temecula Wine Tasting
Wine Tasting in Southern California. We went wine tasting last spring with our friends Randy and Connie, who...
Words Seldom Seen: Exculpatory
Exculpatory Adjective: Tending or serving to clear from alleged fault or guilt. Example: "The hair sample...
Words Seldom Seen: Perigee
Perigee Noun: the point in the orbit of a moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the object it is...
Words Seldom Seen: Apogee
Apogee Noun: Original meaning: The farthest or highest point, particularly of an orbit. Evolved (slang)...
Class
"Money can’t buy you class." Luann de Lesseps Photo is of a postcard I bought in Oregon. It illustrates...
