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Word of the Week – Holy Moley! February 21, 2017. Scientists know that our universe is expanding rapidly, competing research groups are struggling to determine how rapidly. According to the New York Times one of several teams working on the problem is known as BOSS . Baryon Oscillation Spectrascopic Survey is just too hard to say. The group from the Max Planck Institute is known as HOLiCOW, short for who knows what. Oh, those irreverent scientists. Some folks detect a note of blasphemy in. Jeez, gee whiz,.
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October 23, 2016. Every café in Paris served a version of the irresistible salade avec chevre chaud. There are fancier versions with pastry crusts, and other additions, a few more veggies, or crispy lardons of smoked pork, or toasted almonds, but the basic version is delicious and simple to make at home. You just need to pay a […]. Word of the Week. Word of the Week – “frere lampier”. October 11, 2016. Word of the Week — unhinged. October 6, 2016. Luscious – Apricot Tart. September 24, 2016. Counting dow...
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Word of the Week — proverb – Shirley Redwine
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Word of the Week — proverb. November 9, 2016. Word of the Week proverb. Tis better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. It’s a comforting message from my mother that I carry around in my head, a. Allegedly, first used in 1907 in a sermon by W.L. Watkinson. Some websites suggest that it originated with Confucious. Others mention, without citing a source, that it was quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt, and JFK. It seems to be the nature of political argument to use clichés to shorthand the common...
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New Years Resolution: Make the DayBreak Milk Punch for all my favorite people. December 29, 2016. A Cajun fishing guide served me the perfect dessert drink. Try it for New Year’s. Note: this is not the traditional bourbon or brandy version offered in New Orleans restaurants. You do need one special ingredient, Praline liqueur, a concoction with a pecan flavor. It’s worth a trip to Spec’s. For each serving: Mix all […]. Family Tradition: a Forty-eight Hour Bridge Marathon Kicks Off Christmas. Fresh perspe...
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Word of the Week – “your six” – Shirley Redwine
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Word of the Week. Word of the Week – “your six”. November 21, 2016. Is the study of the origin of a word and the historical development of it’s meaning. My question for the day, how do they know? Is your most vulnerable position. Another variation is the warning to check six, meaning, look out behind you, or more generally, watch your ass! Other items on the list of military slang,. Used as a derogatory term for the enemy, adapted from the Arabic word meaning a person who has made the pilgrimage to mecca,.
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Word of the Week – onomatopoeia – Shirley Redwine
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Word of the Week – onomatopoeia. November 30, 2016. In the corner of my mind the just right word is whispering to me until it’s silenced by the yammer of the holiday crowd. That’s. The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it, (as buzz, hiss) or the use of words whose sound suggests the sense. The word is derived from the Latin and Greek. For readers who love such literary devices, try http:/ www.onomatopoeialist.com/onomatopoeia-y/. For Whom the Bell Tolls. For ye...
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Word of the Week – “frere lampier” – Shirley Redwine
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Word of the Week. Word of the Week – “frere lampier”. October 11, 2016. Shakespeare and Co. is an English language bookstore on the Seine, opposite Notre Dame. Established in 1951, it was a mecca for expat writer/visitors including Allen Ginsburg, Anais Nin, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, James Baldwin . Word of the Week — unhinged. Leave a Reply Cancel.
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Word of the Week – Watch Night – Shirley Redwine
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Word of the Week – Watch Night. December 27, 2016. A tradition harking back to ancient times, the New Year’s resolution is upon us. What is the best and bravest approach to the future? Solidarity seems to be the theme. Women buy teeshirts proclaiming themselves to be nasty women who will vote. Friends on Facebook state their plan: if there’s to be a Muslim registry, they’ll register. 2017: A new beginning, a moment to consider the price of freedom, to think about what one ought to do and watch ye, theref...
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Very Parisian Salad – Shirley Redwine
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October 23, 2016. Every café in Paris served a version of the irresistible salade avec chevre chaud. There are fancier versions with pastry crusts, and other additions, a few more veggies, or crispy lardons of smoked pork, or toasted almonds, but the basic version is delicious and simple to make at home. You just need to pay a little attention to the ingredients and make a homemade vinaigrette (it only takes a minute). A small head of lettuce. Make vinaigrette with a secret ingredient. Slowly mix in four...
