A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg

sub rosa  (sub RO-zuh)  adverb  Secretly, privately, or confidentially.  From Latin sub (under) rosa (rose).  The English term "under the rose" is also used to refer to something in secret.  In Roman mythology, Venus's son Cupid gave a rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to ensure his silence about Venus's many indiscretions.  Thus the flower became a symbol of secrecy.  Ceilings of banquet halls were decorated with roses to indicate that what was said sub vino (under the influence of wine) was also sub rosa. 

amaranthine  (am-uh-RAN-thin, -thyn)  adjective  1.  Unfading; everlasting.  2.  Of deep purple-red color.  3.  Of or related to the amaranth.  From amaranth (an imaginary, undying flower), from Latin amarantus, from Greek amarantos (unfading), from a- (not) + marainein (to fade).  Ultimately from the Indo-European root mer- (to rub away or to harm), which is also the source of morse, mordant, amaranth, morbid, mortal, mortgage, nightmare, ambrosia, and premorse.   

The Digital Media and Learning Research Hub, whose mission is to advance research in the service of a more equitable, participatory, and effective ecosystem of learning keyed to the digital and networked era, is located at the systemwide University of California Humanities Research Institute and hosted at UC Irvine.  All of the Research Hub’s activities -- which include original research, blogs, websites, publications, and an annual conference -- are supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative.  The MacArthur Foundation launched its Digital Media and Learning initiative in 2006 with a single question:  How, if at all, are young people being impacted by digital media and the Internet?  That question blossomed into other major areas of inquiry, including:  How is learning and education changing?  How are social and civic institutions changing?  How are important aspects of youth culture and development, such as identity, literacy, and citizenship, being impacted?  Based on years of research and the foundation's seeding of numerous new programs in libraries, museums, school and afterschool, the MacArthur initiative is now focused on reimagining learning for a networked society rich in new forms of connectivity, sociality and technology-fueled knowledge and information sharing.  http://dmlcentral.net/about 

A mustard museum?  ABSOLUTELY!  According to Barry Levenson, founder & curator of the National Mustard Museum, you can blame it all on the Boston Red Sox.  In the wee hours of October 28, 1986, after his favorite baseball team had just lost the World Series, Barry was wandering an all-night supermarket looking for the meaning of life.  As he passed the mustards, he heard a voice:  If you collect us, they will come.  He did and they have.  In 1992, Barry left his job as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin to open this most improbable museum, now one of Wisconsin’s most popular attractions.  7477 Hubbard Avenue, Middleton, WI 53562  800-438-6878 | 608-831-2222  formerly known as the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum  Subscribe to The Proper Mustard Newsletter at http://mustardmuseum.com/the-mustard-museum/ 

yester

adj.  archaic.  of or pertaining to yesterday, combining form occurring in words that denote a time one period prior to the present period, the nature of the period being specified by the second element of the compound  (Old English geostran, c. Old High German gestre; akin to Latin hesternus of yesterday]  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/yester-  Examples:  yesternoon, yesternight, yesteryear 

tomorrow

noun  1. the day after today  2.  the future

adj.  1.  on the day after today  2.  at some time in the future
[Old English tō morgenne, from to¹ (at, on) + morgenne, dative of morgen  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tomorrow 

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.  The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)  physicist  http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins125368.html

Yesterday is gone.  Tomorrow has not yet come.  We have only today.  Let us begin.  

Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Roman Catholic nun  http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/44552-yesterday-is-gone-tomorrow-has-not-yet-come-we-have 

A TANK AWAY FROM TOLEDO

On November 28, we traveled to Windsor, Ontario--the only city in Canada south of the United States.  The following places were within walking distance of our hotel:

Windsor Community Museum  located in the historic François Baby House, built in 1812 by François Baby, a prominent French-Canadian. http://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/culture/windsors-community-museum/Pages/Windsors-Community-Museum.aspx  A special exhibit showing through April 2014 is the folk art of George June.  The collection of his folk art (carved canes, wooden chains, horses and wagon vignettes, tables, chairs and figures) consists of over 100 pieces.  http://www.downtownwindsor.ca/news_article.php?id=619

The Windsor Sculpture Park is a museum without walls, a showcasing more than 31 large-scale, internationally recognized works of contemporary sculpture by world-renowned artists.  It is located on the shores of the Detroit River within Ambassador and Centennial Parks, between the Ambassador Bridge (Huron Church Road) and The Art Gallery of Windsor (Church Street). 

http://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/culture/windsor-sculpture-park/pages/windsor-sculpture-park.aspx

Keg Steakhouse and Bar--excellent steaks, seafood, chicken and ribs, salads, desserts and wines.  Our waitress was helpful, and upon our request, recommended restaurants in Detroit.  As we left Detroit Lions fans came in to celebrate a 40-10 victory over the Green Bay Packers.  http://www.kegsteakhouse.com/en/   Locations from coast-to-coast in Canada and in Phoenix, Tucson, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, and Seattle

Windsor information resources  Windsor Public Library  http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com/ Cultural Engines Website Celebrates Windsor’s Cultural Community  http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com/?p=1026