Print is a silent medium, like paint on canvas . . . the best form of verbal communication is conversation . . . Ferocious Alphabets by Denis Donoghue


Salubrious means healthy, socially acceptable or pleasant.  If something is salubrious, it is wholesome.  The word salubrious is derived from the Latin word salubris which means healthy or promoting good health.  Lugubrious means extremely sad or mournful, in an especially exaggerated fashion.  If someone is lugubrious, they are doleful and dismal to be around.  The word lugubrious is derived from the Latin word lugubris which means extremely sad, having to do with mourning.

https://grammarist.com/usage/salubrious-vs-lugubrious/



 Here’s the trick for perfectly fluffy quinoa:  Use twice as much water as quinoa, as usual, then cook uncovered until the quinoa has absorbed all the water.  The cooking time will vary based on quantity.  Once the water is all absorbed, remove the pot from heat, cover it and let the quinoa steam for 5 minutes.  That’s when the quinoa pops open into fluffy quinoa perfection, and that is how to cook quinoa properly.  In case you haven’t encountered quinoa yet, it is a pseudocereal that grows near the Andes in South America.  By pseudocereal, I mean that it is grain-like, but it’s technically not a grass like wheat.  Quinoa is pronounced KEEN-wah.  See pictures and link to recipes at https://cookieandkate.com/perfect-quinoa/  Cook until liquid is absorbed, maybe 15-20 minutes.



Wild is a 2014 American biographical adventure drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.  The screenplay by Nick Hornby is based on Cheryl Strayed's 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.  The film stars Reese Witherspoon as Strayed, alongside Laura Dern (as Strayed's mother), with Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman and Gaby Hoffmann. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2014, and was released theatrically on December 3, 2014, in North America.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_(2014_film)  Read about the Wild movie's similarities and differences to the true story of a 1,110-mile journey on the Pacific Crest Trail it is based on at http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/wild/



The Pacific Crest Trail, officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT) is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 km) east of the U.S. Pacific coast.  The trail's southern terminus is on the U.S. border with Mexico, just south of Campo, California, and its northern terminus on the Canada–US border on the edge of Manning Park in British Columbia; its corridor through the U.S. is in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington.  The Pacific Crest Trail is 2,653 mi (4,270 km) long and ranges in elevation from just above sea level at the Oregon--Washington border to 13,153 feet (4,009 m) at Forester Pass in the Sierra Nevada.  The route passes through 25 national forests and 7 national parks.  Its midpoint is near Chester, California (near Mt. Lassen), where the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges meet.  It was designated a National Scenic Trail in 1968, although it was not officially completed until 1993.  The PCT was conceived by Clinton Churchill Clarke in 1932.  It received official status under the National Trails System Act of 1968.  It is the westernmost and second longest component of the Triple Crown of Hiking and is part of the 6,875-mile Great Western Loop.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Crest_Trail



Words better known by their negative forms  wieldy, furled, capacitated, congruous, nocuous, explicable, scrutable



The pinafore, originally intended to protect against dirt,  became a fashionable garment decorated with frills and lace and with a hem that curved up at the sides so the dress underneath would be seen.

posted by Leslie Calderon  See pictures at https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/pinafore/



If you don't rescue people once they go into the land of babbling, it can take ages before they come back out.  The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club, novel #1 in the Beach Street Knitting series by Gil McNeil  See https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/gil-mcneil/



The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst is a book about the booby prize award show the Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies), written by John Wilson, founder of the awards ceremony.  The book was published in 2005 by Warner Books, the same year as the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards.  Barry X. Miller reviewed the book for Library Journal, and wrote "Wilson's text is a surfeit of saccharine Goobers and gooey Ju Ju Bees, empty calories but fun to eat."  Miller compared to the book to Golden Turkey Awards and The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.  Miller commented that Wilson provides "a wonderfully droll review" for each film entry in the book.  Ben Steelman of the Wilmington Star-News called the book a "handy volume", and commented "in loving detail, Mr. Wilson describes his 100 favorites among the Worst Movies Ever Made", David Germain of the Associated Press wrote that Wilson discusses "his take on the 100 most awful—yet perversely fun—movies to watch".  Jenny Marder of the Long Beach Press-Telegram noted "Wilson, creator of the Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, has become the authority for all movies so dreadful, they're laughable, so excruciating, they're, well, award-winning." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Official_Razzie_Movie_Guide



Aluminium (spelled aluminum in American English) metal in native form is very rare, and the process to refine it from ores is complex, so for most of human history it was unknown.  However, the compound alum has been known since the 5th century BCE and was used extensively by the ancients for dyeing and city defense.  During the Middle Ages, its use for dyeing made it a commodity of international commerce.  Renaissance scientists believed alum was a salt of a new earth; during the Age of Enlightenment, it was established that this earth, alumina, was an oxide of a new metal.  Discovery of this metal was announced in 1825 by Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, whose work was extended by German chemist Friedrich Wöhler.  Aluminium was difficult to refine and thus uncommon in actual usage.  Soon after its discovery, the price of aluminium exceeded that of gold.  It was only reduced after the initiation of the first industrial production by French chemist Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville in 1856.  Aluminium became much more available to the public with the Hall–Héroult process developed independently by French engineer Paul Héroult and American engineer Charles Martin Hall in 1886, and the Bayer process developed by Austrian chemist Carl Joseph Bayer in 1889.  These processes have been used for aluminium production up to the present.  Read more and see graphics at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY  Guard within yourself that treasure, kindness.  Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. - George Sand [pen name of Amantine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin], novelist (1 Jul 1804-1876)



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