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A Journal to impart knowledge and facts

July 22, 2015

I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done.

I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them.

I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC.



September 18, 2015 at 4:36pm
September 18, 2015 at 4:36pm
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On this day in 1709, the creator of the first dictionary of the English language, Samuel Johnson, was born in England. Have some fun...make up a couple of words and their meanings.

One of my words is Hootigan: A person who runs around making up sounds at night to scare other people. Could not find this in any dictionary so I think it is made up. Also looked for the suffix might be Celtic or American Indian. We used to have some people running around at night hooting like owls to signal each other.

2. Sharooo: The wind, that is blowing through the leaves of the Tulip tree in the back yard speaks this word. The wind blows the leaves sliding them against each other, so it becomes Sharooo reshah. the meaning is: Rain on the way.



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