The 13 Thursday Teapoet
1. They say that each year 100's of words are dropped from the English language and that 90% of what we write is communicated using only 7,000 words. Keep a word from going extinct. Adopt one HERE.
2. Enjoy a virtual cup of tea and a tea leaf reading HERE. Don't burn yourself. The tea is hot.
3. Last Thursday I asked "Why is a heavy heart empty and a full heart light?" The next day I posed the question on Facebook. Here's the best answer I got: A heart that is loved by another heart is supported in many different ways, and therefore feels lighter.
4. I have an imaginary sister blog to Loose Leaf called Loose Change: How a Writer Spends Her Time.
5. I once bought a flock of chickens for a family in Africa for Christmas.
6. In the past week my kitchen has been used to play Scrabble, butcher a deer, and host a computer doctor house call.
7. Having no access to my files and my Outlook inbox, and being displaced from my work station while my PC is in the shop, is like having a boat with neither an anchor or motor.
8. Recent Google search poetry: goose loose blues for the melting pot.
9. A Litter of Laptops: Yesterday in Blacksburg with Joe, he was seeing a client and I headed over to The Easy Chair coffee house with my laptop hoping to get some work done. Every single chair in both rooms of the coffee shop were taken by people on laptops who were not drinking or eating anything bought from the shop. I pulled up a chair at a table where a young woman was watching Friends on her laptop and did not order a drink.
10. After buying Christmas cookies at Winterfest, getting 4 inches of snow, and seeing Floyd's Young Actor's performance of A Christmas in the first week of December, I wonder how much more Christmas it can get.
11. Watch Floyd's Young Actors deliver the most famous Christmas lines as spoken by The Ghost of Jacob Marley and Tiny Tim HERE and HERE.
12. A video community of all Floyd video clips, including some of mine is HERE.
13. Poet's bio-note: I'm a nightshift stenographer hired by the muse to take down the moon's business
The poetry of Thirteen Thursday is HERE. Teapoet poems are HERE.
Comments
Adopt a word is a fun site, and I hate to lose words, but ten-cent store? No wonder it's fading away.
Posted by: Alice Audrey | December 10, 2009 1:26 AM
I just love words. I'll have to follow that link. As always, a thought provoking post. Happy Holidays!
Posted by: Adelle Laudan | December 10, 2009 1:55 AM
#11 still my favorite story bar none sandy
Posted by: sandy | December 10, 2009 7:07 AM
I love #13. I have that job too, but it's part-time.
You're on Facebook?! Can you "friend me"? There are a few too many Colleen Redman's without photos.
Kat Mortensen (on FB)
Posted by: Poetikat | December 10, 2009 9:30 AM
Christmas cookies are good, but already snow ??
Posted by: Gattina | December 10, 2009 9:57 AM
a few mortal words pass? English has a baby boom. English passed the 1,000,000 threshold on June 10, 2009 at 10:22 am GMT English gains a new word every 98 minutes (or about 14.7 new words a day) according to http://www.languagemonitor.com/
2. good answer!
9. gee, I hope that is a timeslot thing. the business will never stay afloat like that,
Posted by: Pearl | December 10, 2009 10:16 AM
Thank you to draw my attention to an enormous mistake ! I watch my feed fearing that "flippers" will grow ! I used the french word which is palms, lol ! Nobody noticed so far or people thought that I watch palm trees growing on my feet !
Posted by: Gattina | December 10, 2009 11:56 AM
I love the poet's bio in 13.
Car Goes Boom
Posted by: Nessa | December 10, 2009 7:16 PM
thanks for the link to adopt a word! wonderful eloquent list!
Posted by: rani | December 10, 2009 8:11 PM
I hate to see good words die. Will definitely have to check out that site. My post today was on yesterday's blizzard. No worries about a white Christmas here!
Posted by: Heather | December 10, 2009 10:12 PM
The Floyd Young actors did a wonderful job.
I want to see the new "Christmas Carol" in the IMAX theater.
PS Do you Remember when we went in the 70's to the one with ALbert Finney. I still enjoy the songs in that one. Nelson and myself watch it every year. xox
PSS Another good and interesting TT!
Posted by: Sherry | December 11, 2009 9:17 AM
We saw the one with Albert Finney at the movies, right? I have no recollection of seeing a play of A Christmas Carol. I like the 1954 version best. I always credit it with waking me up spiritually as a child.
Posted by: colleen | December 11, 2009 9:32 AM
I adopted "stagma" (any distilled liquor) and "aeipathy." I like how aeipathy is only two letters away from apathy, but actually means: Continued passion; an unyielding disease. I am not sure how to pronounce it, however.
Posted by: Mara | December 11, 2009 1:51 PM
"devalgate" is the word i adopted. :)
Posted by: kikit | December 12, 2009 9:16 AM
The kids gave baby chicks this year, they just don't know it yet. We buy a goat from our friends instead of presents each year. I think it is such a good program.
I adopted my word and then forgot it by the time I got around to telling Martin my word. He said you're not a very good mother.
Posted by: Deana | December 13, 2009 5:45 PM