Tag: word challenge

#atozchallenge: Zombie Apocalypse

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I have been involved in the A to Z Challenge for three years now, and don’t think I have actually successfully finished it yet. I am finally doing my Z post, only a week late. Oh well. I never was known for living according to schedules. But in the spirit of my Z post, I am going […]

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#atozchallenge: Xylocarpic splendor

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How do words come into being? How did a rock become described by the sound “rawk”?  Why is wind not wssshhhhhh? Why do words for mother sound similar in many different languages ? Why does a dog say “woof” (actually dogs, and chickens and cows, make different sounds in different parts of the world. Just […]

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#atozchallenge: A tale of time (I think)

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The odd thing about beginnings is that they are usually the ending of something else. So who knows where this tale truly begins? But for the sake of reference, we will refer to The Beginning as the beginning. And so it begins. The first man to begin at said beginning was known as The First, […]

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#atozchallenge: The art of Ernest Oops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is time for another combined post. Today is O day for the A to Z challenge, and I did not have anything specific in mind. But then I remembered that I have not yet done this week’s 100 Word Challenge for Grownups. Until moments ago, I had not even looked to see what the prompt was. […]

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#atozchallenge: Last minute

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I have said it before, and most likely will say it again … I am a NOW oriented person. This phrase has many different meanings, and may also be interpreted differently depending on who hears it. To me it not only means embracing the moment I am in, but the past and future are sometimes, at […]

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