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“Do you find it easy to get drunk on words?”
“So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober.” — Dorothy Sayers, “Gaudy Night” (1935).
“So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober.” — Dorothy Sayers, “Gaudy Night” (1935).
The full #coldmoon rising. #supermoon
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The full #coldmoon rising. #supermoon
You’re never too old to learn new words! Today I discovered “enochlophobia”—literally “in crowd fear”. A good word for introverts.
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
You’re never too old to learn new words! Today I discovered “enochlophobia”—literally “in crowd fear”. A good word for introverts.
Your Thanksgiving Day #etymology fun fact: “pea” is a back-formation from “pease”, the original name of the plant, misconstrued as a plural. “Pease” (from “pisum”, the Latin name of the plant) survives in the nursery rhyme that begins “pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Your Thanksgiving Day #etymology fun fact: “pea” is a back-formation from “pease”, the original name of the plant, misconstrued as a plural. “Pease” (from “pisum”, the Latin name of the plant) survives in the nursery rhyme that begins “pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold.”
One of my family’s Thanksgiving Day traditions was trying to read through Art Buchwald’s classic holiday column without cracking up. I think we failed most years. Here it is, in case you would like to take up the challenge. #thanksgivinghumor
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November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
One of my family’s Thanksgiving Day traditions was trying to read through Art Buchwald’s classic holiday column without cracking up. I think we failed most years. Here it is, in case you would like to take up the challenge. #thanksgivinghumor
sandyschopbach.blogspot.com/2012/11/le-j...
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“I am The Cat, and everything here is Mine. Especially you.” (Hence the unmade bed. 😻)
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“I am The Cat, and everything here is Mine. Especially you.” (Hence the unmade bed. 😻)
Powerful words for our times – written in 1906.
From all that terror teaches,
from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honour and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
–G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
From all that terror teaches,
from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honour and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
–G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Powerful words for our times – written in 1906.
From all that terror teaches,
from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honour and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
–G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
From all that terror teaches,
from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honour and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
–G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
This bag matches my eyes, so it’s mine now. You can’t have it. #everythinghereismineanyway
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This bag matches my eyes, so it’s mine now. You can’t have it. #everythinghereismineanyway
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November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Time to make the biscuits. She is very focused. 😻
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Time to make the biscuits. She is very focused. 😻
Is it a football game or an auction? #proofreadingmatters
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Is it a football game or an auction? #proofreadingmatters
Happy Meowloween from Leo, who reminds you to keep your kitties – especially black kitties – safely indoors on Halloween. #petsafety
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy Meowloween from Leo, who reminds you to keep your kitties – especially black kitties – safely indoors on Halloween. #petsafety
They are not impressed by #NationalCatDay because they know that’s every day.
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
They are not impressed by #NationalCatDay because they know that’s every day.
Today’s product. #homemadebread #challah
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today’s product. #homemadebread #challah
Leo’s expression when I told him #blackcatday wasn’t every day of the year. I don’t believe it either, buddy. 🐈⬛😻
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Leo’s expression when I told him #blackcatday wasn’t every day of the year. I don’t believe it either, buddy. 🐈⬛😻
For #WorldBreadDay, a loaf of pumpernickel just out of the oven.
October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
For #WorldBreadDay, a loaf of pumpernickel just out of the oven.
Red panda blep! This is Gimli, who normally lives at Franklin Park Zoo in Boston but is hanging out at Stone Zoo in Stoneham while his habitat gets upgraded.
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Red panda blep! This is Gimli, who normally lives at Franklin Park Zoo in Boston but is hanging out at Stone Zoo in Stoneham while his habitat gets upgraded.
Leo contemplates the arrival of autumn. #photogeniccat
October 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Leo contemplates the arrival of autumn. #photogeniccat
Oof. Pulled out the flannel pajamas last night. And being a soft Southerner by birth, I am not ashamed to admit that I caved and turned on the heat. #newenglandweather #crispy
a cartoon baboon says it is time
Alt: Rafiki says it is time
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October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Oof. Pulled out the flannel pajamas last night. And being a soft Southerner by birth, I am not ashamed to admit that I caved and turned on the heat. #newenglandweather #crispy
I had one of those moments today where the word I knew I wanted was firmly stuck in my brain while my mouth was insisting on going rogue. My brain wanted "cufflinks" but my mouth wanted "handcuffs". I mean, what ...? #useyourwords #whenEnglishmajorsgobad
October 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I had one of those moments today where the word I knew I wanted was firmly stuck in my brain while my mouth was insisting on going rogue. My brain wanted "cufflinks" but my mouth wanted "handcuffs". I mean, what ...? #useyourwords #whenEnglishmajorsgobad
In the space of a few hours this morning, we have gained an archbishop and lost a legend. Prayers of different intentions for Sarah Mullally and Patricia Routledge. #churchofengland #hyacinthbucket
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In the space of a few hours this morning, we have gained an archbishop and lost a legend. Prayers of different intentions for Sarah Mullally and Patricia Routledge. #churchofengland #hyacinthbucket
#churchcat in his natural habitat(s). #catswithjobs
September 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#churchcat in his natural habitat(s). #catswithjobs
Today feels like a good day to make soup. #comfortfoodseason
September 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Today feels like a good day to make soup. #comfortfoodseason
A proper Episco-cat studies the daily readings. 😻 #churchcat
September 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A proper Episco-cat studies the daily readings. 😻 #churchcat