nick of time
phrase origin
Prior to the 16th century
there was another expression used to convey that meaning - 'pudding time'. This relates to the fact that pudding was the
dish served first at mediaeval mealtimes. To arrive at pudding time was to arrive at the
start of the meal, just in time to eat. Pudding
was then a savoury dish - a form of sausage or haggis (see also the proof
is in the pudding). Pudding time is
first referred to in print in John Heywood's invaluable glossary A dialogue
conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue,
1546: This geare comth euen in puddyng
time ryghtly. That seems a perfectly
serviceable idiom, so why did the Tudors change it to 'the nick of time'? The motivation appears to be the desire to
express a finer degree of timing than the vague 'around the beginning of the
meal'. The nick that was being referred
to was a notch or small cut and was synonymous with precision. Such notches were used on 'tally' sticks to
measure or keep score. Also, during the
16th century, pudding began being used as the name of sweet dishes and they
were usually served at the end of the meal. As this trend continued 'pudding time' being
used to mean 'in good time' made less and less sense. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/in-the-nick-of-time.html
April 26, 2012 from the Topeka &
Shawnee County Public Library
While John Grisham is best known for his
legal thrillers, for the past 10 years he has branched out and written in
several additional genres. He has written a Christmas book (Skipping
Christmas), a book about
football (Playing
for Pizza), and even a
children’s series (Theodore
Boone). In his latest book, Calico
Joe, Grisham takes his first
crack at a novel about baseball. Grisham got the
inspiration for the novel from the story of Ray Chapman; a player for the
Cleveland Indians who was killed after being hit by a pitch in a major league
baseball game in 1920. While I recommend Calico Joe as a fun read, there is a book
written about the Chapman incident that I consider one of best narrative
nonfiction books about baseball that I’ve read. It is called The Pitch that Killed by
Mike Sowell. Thad Hartman http://tscpl.org/sports/calico-joe-john-grisham-and-ray-chapman/
Walt Dropo (1923-2010), nicknamed "Moose", was an American
college basketball standout and a professional baseball first
baseman. During a 13-year career in Major League Baseball, he played for the Boston
Red Sox (1949–1952), Detroit Tigers (1952–1954), Chicago
White Sox (1955–1958), Cincinnati
Redlegs (1958–1959) and Baltimore
Orioles (1959–1961). Read more of
his story at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Dropo
Walt Dropo is mentioned in the novel
Calico Joe.
Largest volcano on Earth found,
scientists say by Lateef Mungin, CNN updated 6:09 AM EDT, Fri September 6, 2013 An underwater volcano dubbed Tamu Massif was found some 1,000 miles east of Japan, says William Sager,
a professor at the University of Houston, who led a team of scientists in the
discovery. The volcano is about the size
of the state of New Mexico and is among the largest in the solar system, Sager
says. Tamu Massif covers an area of
about 120,000 square miles. In comparison, the largest active volcano on Earth,
Hawaii's Mauna Loa, is about 2,000 square miles, Sager says. Tamu Massif is believed to be about 145
million years old, and became inactive within a few million years after it was
formed. The volcano was partly named in
honor of Texas A&M University, where Sager worked for 29 years before
moving to the University of Houston. Tamu
is the university's abbreviation while massif is the French word for
"massive" and a scientific term for a large mountain mass, according
to Sager.
A TANK AWAY FROM TOLEDO Southeast Ohio
August 30 and 31, 2013
Inn at Honey Run, Millersburg http://www.innathoneyrun.com/ "Nestled in the rolling hills of the Ohio Amish
Country, The Inn at Honey Run is a serene oasis of nature and wildlife,
comfort and privacy, casual upscale dining and warm
hospitality."
German Culture Center, Walnut Creek http://www.germanculturemuseum.com/
bikes: wood, carriage cycle (three-wheel) and
"eccentric" or "clown" with an off-center wheel; restored surrey originally belonging to John
D. Rockefeller about 1860; exhibits of old clothes and household items; informational
posters and signs
Warther Museum,
Dover http://www.warthers.com/ models of trains carved from ebony (second
hardest wood) and ivory, button and arrowhead collections mounted in amazing
designs; the home, museum, and a knife factory family-owned since 1902 may be
viewed during tours
drives through rolling countryside visiting Winesburg, Sugarcreek and Berlin
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Read Winesburg, Ohio, A Group of Tales of Ohio Small
Town Life by Sherwood Anderson
at: http://www.bartleby.com/156/
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For more Ohioana, read works of Helen Hooven Santmyer, who was born in
Cincinnati and raised in its neighboring town of Xenia, Ohio. Santmyer’s beloved Xenia is ubiquitous in
her prose, much of it praising the subtle charms of the southwestern Ohio
town. In fact, the novel that made her
famous, …And Ladies of the Club, is named after a formidable
organization founded more than a hundred years ago: The Xenia Woman’s Club. Although it depicts the fictional Ohio town
of Waynesboro (based on Xenia), …And Ladies of the Club weaves the
lives of its characters into the real history of Ohio and the nation. Santmyer’s personal memoir, Ohio Town,
was published in 1962. Her early
experiences in Xenia form the basis for this collection of essays. http://www.ohioana-authors.org/santmyer/ohio_connection.php
The Budget, a
123-year-old weekly newspaper, which carries the news of Amish and Mennonite
communities, from Diagonal, Iowa to the three Minnesota outposts of Bertha,
Clarissa and Lenora. They write about
who got married, who went to church, who received dentures—and how 11
chickens went missing when Toby Schrocks of Cisne, Ill., forgot to close the
chicken-house door. While many newspapers are struggling and
competing with the Internet, the Budget isn't. Its 18,000 subscribers for the most part
don't text, email, have computers or smartphones. They use the Budget, which is mailed to
their homes, to keep them informed, post notices or exchange helpful hints. One woman had 400 pounds of beets, which she
washed in her wringer washer. "It
worked very well," she reported. Others
ask fellow readers to send get well cards to someone in the hospital or
birthday wishes to an aging and lonely widow. "It's
like someone talking over the back fence to a neighbor," says Budget
publisher Keith Rathbun. Mr. Rathbun,
who isn't Amish, covered sports and put out an alternative entertainment
weekly before coming in 2000 to the Budget. The paper also includes a small section
about goings-on in the village of Sugarcreek, Ohio such as high school sports
and council news. The Budget runs
about 500 letters a week on 44 to 46 pages that contain no photos. It costs $45 a year; newlyweds pay $42. It does have
competition. Die Botschaft—German for
the Message—costs $44 a year, has a circulation of about 12,000 and also
consists of letters and reports from contributors. It's a more conservative alternative to the
Budget, which some Amish readers thought was too liberal, say Amish
scholars. Clare Ansberry http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323608504579025273046278380.html?mod=djemITP_h
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