100 Challenge Ocean

Remember the Good So easy to forget. To blame, to criticize, to wrap oneself in spools of razorwire. To remember the good can be so much more difficult. Is fennel...

Mondegreen Words : a word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of another word or phrase, especially in a song or poem. One of my preferred pastimes. Mishearing. Misinterpreting (nonmalicious!)....

Sometimes the Clouds Sometimes the clouds feel sad. I reached out to some old friends. Will they reach back? I doubt it—instead, they will reach for the clouds.

The Last Time The word "cosmetics" comes from the Greek word "kosmetikos", meaning "skilled in arranging or adorning." It derives from "kosmos", which means "order," "harmony," or "beauty." The term evolved...

Woe Betide Woe Betide When the deep anguish hits  There be no escape into pages  Into words  Only the kenophobial cavern inside Yawing its purgatorial lamentation  Into the echoing wilderness...

Rhodamine In the 1870s, Rhodamine emerged from the gritty, transformative world of German chemistry, a vibrant pink-red pigment distilled from coal tar—a thick, black byproduct of gas production from coal....