Etymology Journeys 
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When visiting Denver, I always make it a point to lose myself for a couple hours inside Capitol Hill Books. When you walk through the door, you are greeted by the unmistakable scent of old books. Anyone who has ever been in a used book store knows exactly what I mean. It is sort of [...]
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Arboretum
Today, my son and I went on an adventure. One of his favorite pastimes is to throw rocks in the small pond at a local garden nursery but I thought today we would do something a bit different and on a much grander scale. About 100 miles from where we live is the Boyce Thompson [...]
Supernatural
As I browse through An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Skeat, I am continually inspired and mesmerized by the wealth of references related to the world of the English language. I am in love with words and as I browse this book for a new word of the day, I am continually surprised [...]
Morrow
The derivation and origination of words has always captured my imagination. Language is the cumulative effort of the world’s population trying to communicate with one another. The romance languages are gorgeous when spoken and while I could listen to French and Italian being spoken all day, it is the English language that holds so much [...]