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I’ve been getting into gardening lately. Specifically, I’m cultivating a native perennial garden designed to support monarchs and other crucial pollinators. If I see you and you ask me what
I’ve been getting into gardening lately. Specifically, I’m cultivating a native perennial garden designed to support monarchs and other crucial pollinators.
At some point, you learned the word âantidisestablishmentarianism.â You may not know what it means, but at least you know it. Never mind that it has to do with people who wanted to maintain the Anglican Churchâs status as the official Church of England in the 1800s â it has 12 syllables! Thatâs a word worth knowing! The longest word in the English language weighs in at 45 letters and 19 syllables. Appearing in the Oxford English Dictionary, the word is âpneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,â and means âa lung disease caused by breathing in tiny...
Itâs that time of year: Is it spring yet? Or is it summer? Wait, is it going to get cold again? What? Thereâs snow in the forecast this week? Maypril in central Indiana is like a box of chocolates, assuming that box of chocolates was insane and had a personal vendetta against you and your garden. Enter the shacket. While in New England, a shacket is another name for a yellowjacket or hornet, Iâm not talking about flying insects with miniature needles on their butts. No, Iâm talking about a piece of clothing that is the hybrid of a shirt and a jacket.
I took my son Miles to get his hair cut this past weekend. Milesâ barber has recently moved into a new salon down the road. The new spot is inside a larger salon called Phenix Salon Suites, a national chain of salons. Although California-based Phenix Salon Suites has a growing nationwide presence, I canât help but cringe at the businessâ spelling: Phenix. It should be âPhoenix,â shouldnât it? Even though the âoâ in the properly spelled âPhoenixâ is silent, itâs still a wonky word to spell. Perhaps the owner of the salon chain attempted to...