Words Seldom Seen: Cordwainer
Cordwainer Noun: A shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. Example: He was a cordwainer and he...
Tag: Oregon
Words Seldom Seen: Moil
Moil Noun: Hard work, drudgery. Example: "He hoped the moil of blog posting would pay off...
Words Seldom Seen: Ruck
Ruck Ruck is a multi meaning word. A homonym in fact. Its used to describe a pack is derived from the German...
Arguing
“There’s no sense in arguing over what you can’t change.” On the other hand it is only through arguing...
Posse Comitatus
Keep Portland Weird President Trump is sending federal troops to Portland, Oregon. In what sure appears to be a...
Dolce far Niente
Dolce far niente An expression in Italian loosely translated as: "The sweetness of doing nothing." I have...
Marchetti’s Constant
“Humans are willing to commute for roughly an hour per day.” Cesare Marchetti, Italian...
Words Seldom Seen: Pander
Pander Verb: To do or provide, or promise to provide, exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it...
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...
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