Since
2010, Earth Day Network has planted tens of millions of trees with
the Canopy Project, working worldwide to strengthen communities through
tree-planting. https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/reforestation/
A phrase is two or more
words that do not contain the subject-verb pair necessary to form a clause. Phrases can be very short or quite long. Find examples: noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, infinitive phrase, participle phrase, gerund phrase,
and absolute phrase at https://www.chompchomp.com/terms/phrase.htm ©1997-2019 by Robin
L. Simmons
50
Fictional Librarians, Ranked by Emily Temple
Here at Literary Hub, we love librarians. I mean, really everything about them—their
knowledge, their kindness, their demon-slaying abilities. If you love them too, then you probably feel a
little jolt of extra excitement whenever they show up in pop culture. No surprise here: No 1. is Rupert Giles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Home library: Sunnydale High library Special talents: Watching (obviously), traditionally English
understatements, getting knocked out, taking his glasses off and rubbing the
bridge of his nose, acting in loco parentis,
acoustic guitar, not being a hero. Best luddite
quote: “Smell is the
most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a-a whiff of smoke can
bring up experiences long forgotten. Books
smell musty and-and-and rich. The
knowledge gained from a computer is a . . . it, uh, it has no-no texture, no-no
context. It’s-it’s there and then it’s
gone. If it’s to last, then-then the
getting of knowledge should be, uh, tangible. It should be, um, smelly.” See all 50
plus interesting comments at https://lithub.com/50-fictional-librarians-ranked/?single=true
Thank you, Muse reader!
The word
“gumption” first appeared in English dialects in the early 18th century,
imported from Scots, where it meant “common sense” or “shrewdness.” The roots of “gumption” are uncertain, but it
may well be connected to the Middle English “gome,” (in Scots, “gaum”) meaning
“attention or notice,” perhaps based on the Old Norse “gaumr.” In English, “gumption” thrived with the
meaning you knew as a lad, “common sense” or “smarts” (“Tis small presumption
To say they’re but unlearned clerks, And want the gumption,” 1719). By the early 19th century, however, “gumption”
had acquired the added sense of “drive, initiative” (“If they … show pluck and
gumption they … get promoted,” 1889). The
addition of “initiative” to the meaning “common sense” wasn’t much of a leap,
as the two personal characteristics often travel together. “Gumption”
gradually lost the meaning of “street smarts” in the course of the 19th century
(although that usage is still heard in certain parts of England), and now is
used to mean simply “initiative” or “ambition.” Interestingly, however, another relative of
that Middle English root “gome” (meaning “smarts” or “understanding”) is alive
and well, albeit in a negative sense. To
be “gormless” is to be clueless, empty-headed and hopelessly dense. http://www.word-detective.com/2008/04/gumption/
* How the Vietnam War changed political poetry: Daniel H. Weiss on Michael O'Donnell, Deer
Hunter, and the arts that disillusioned soldiers turned to. | Lit
Hub
* Read from National Book Award lifetime
honoree Edmund White's novel-in-progress. | Lit Hub
* “For anyone somewhat interested in cocktails
it’s pretty worthless.” In the mixed drinks world, few books are as
detested as Tequila
Mockingbird, a book of recipes (written by an actor) that relies on
literary puns. | Inside Hook
* Ian
Williams is the winner of this year’s $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for
his debut novel Reproduction. |
CBC News Lit Hub Daily November 20, 2019 Copyright © 2019 Literary Hub
Enquire and inquire are
often just different spellings of the same word. Where the two are used
for the same purposes, inquire is
the more common form. This extends to
derivative words (inquiry, inquirer, etc.), and it is the case
throughout the English speaking-world. There
is one qualification to this. Some
Britons make the distinction that enquire and
its derivatives apply to informal queries, and inquire and its derivatives to
formal investigations. https://grammarist.com/spelling/enquire-inquire/
Asking
questions was a way to avoid answering them.
* I love you feds. You make doing your jobs sound like the
twelve labors of Hercules. * A face is a map of the heart. * Iron
River, Charlie Hood novel #3 by T. Jefferson Parker
Grandma’s Irish Soda Bread
by Sally
Irish Soda Bread is a quick bread that does not
require any yeast. Instead, all of its
leavening comes from baking soda and buttermilk. This Irish soda bread recipe is my
grandmother’s and has been cherished in my family for years. It’s dense, yet soft and has the most
incredible crusty exterior. Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/grandmas-irish-soda-bread/ See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_bread
How to Make Perfect Scones
by Sally Prep
Time:
30 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Yield: 8 large or 16 small scones https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/scones-recipe/#tasty-recipes-70506 See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scone
Patrick Stewart’s solo
version of A Christmas Carol,
seen on Broadway in 2001, will return to New York for two nights only, December
11 and 13, 2019 at Theater 511. The
Olivier winner plays Scrooge, Fezziwig, Tiny Tim, the Three Ghosts, and every
other Dickensian character in the production, which he created and also
performed in New York in 1991, 1992, and 1994.
Proceeds from the two evenings will benefit City Harvest, New York
City’s largest food rescue organization, and Ars Nova, whose mission is to
discover, develop, and launch the next generation of music, comedy, and theatre
artists. “It’s been a dream of mine to
return to A Christmas Carol on the New York stage,” said
Stewart. “Bringing this story’s message
of greed, contempt, tenderness, compassion, and revelation to life seems more
urgent today than over 30 years ago when I first attempted the adaptation; and
I’m excited to get the chance to revisit these spirited—yes, some of them
actual spirits—characters, whom I’ve long cherished. That these performances will benefit two
important organizations in the process makes this all the more thrilling.” Benefit tickets are $500 and are available
through OvationTix. Andrew Gans
WORD OF THE DAY vinous
adjective Pertaining
to or having the characteristics of wine. quotations ▼ Involving the use of wine. quotations ▼ Synonym: vinaceous (containing wine)
Tending to drink wine excessively. quotations ▼
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 2187
November 25, 2019
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