Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Lazy Day(Dream away)

I'm sitting outside in the light drizzly day thinking randomly. There is a blue-green creek beyond my feet that winds through Madrone, Redwood, and Oak forested hills. I haven't spotted any migrating salmon or Steelhead trout yet, but it is that time of the season for them to be passing by.

ap⋅o⋅plex⋅y

[ap-uh-plek-see]
–noun Pathology.
1. stroke (def. 6).
2. a sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel.
3. a hemorrhage into an organ cavity or tissue.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME apoplexie < class="ital-inline">apóplēkt(os) (see apoplectic ) + -ia -y 3


ap⋅o⋅plec⋅ti⋅form [ap-uh-plek-tuh-fawrm] , ap⋅o⋅plec⋅toid, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.

Also...

Insouciance!

Just little words, but they mean a lot to us.

2 comments:

Erin said...

Always like those words - you don't hear them enough. Especially insouciance.

El Tom said...

Isn't it so true Erin and if you like that sort of thing then you might enjoy my favorite word- Onomatopoeia. It is as much fun to spell as it is to say. Try it out. Hi-ho!