A.Word.A.Day Archives from https://wordsmith.org/awad -------- Date: Thu May 1 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--feral X-Bonus: Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. -Joseph Addison, writer (1672-1719) This week's theme: Homonyms feral (FEER-uhl, FAYR-) adjective 1. Wild or untamed. 2. Having reverted from domestication to the wild state. 3. Ferocious. [From Latin fera (wild animal), from ferus (wild). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghwer- (wild beast), which also gave us fierce and theropod. Earliest documented use: 1604.] 4. Deadly. 5. Relating to the dead; gloomy. [From Latin feralis (relating to funeral rites or the dead). Earliest documented use: 1621.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/feral "The infamous beer-guzzling feral pig who died two months ago could get a plaque at a West Australian rest stop commemorating his unusual life." Beer-Loving Feral Pig Could Get Plaque; Sky News Australia; Dec 2, 2013. "Coffin wondered if the coyotes were congregating in the cemetery, waiting for full dark to sing their feral song." Jon Loomis; High Season; Minotaur Books; 2007. -------- Date: Fri May 2 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--bole X-Bonus: All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood. -Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author (1903-1998) This week's theme: Homonyms bole (bohl) noun 1. The trunk of a tree. [From Old Norse bolr (trunk). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhel- (to blow or swell), which also gave us ball, balloon, boll, bulk, bowl, boulevard, boulder, ballot, folly, and fool. Earliest documented use: 1314.] 2. Any of various kinds of soft fine clays typically of a reddish color. 3. A reddish brown color. [From Latin bolus (lump), from Greek bolos (clod). Earliest documented use: 1558.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/bole "In the midst of each room and hall, a living tree grows and holds up the roof, and its bole is hung with trophies and with antlers." J.R.R. Tolkien; The Book of Lost Tales; George Allen & Unwin; 1983. "Rub off some gold to let the red bole show through." Martin Cruz Smith; Gorky Park; Random House; 1981. -------- Date: Mon May 5 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--ananias X-Bonus: Once you label me you negate me. -Soren Kierkegaard, philosopher (1813-1855) Growing up, I was raised as a Hindu. Not very devout, but one who went to the temple on special occasions. Also, I was told that all religions lead to the same god, even if they take different paths, just as many rivers merge in the same ocean. I believed it all. In India, many Hindu festivals are official holidays (from holy + day), as are Christian, Islamic, and those of other religions. Schools, offices, and banks are closed on Diwali as they are on Christmas and Eid. Who can complain about the extra days off, after all? And if you have 330 million gods and goddesses already in the fold, what's a few more? Bring 'em all -- it's one big happy family. Fast forward several decades. After I lost my religion, I read books of other religions. I read the Bible from cover to cover. I was shocked at what was in it. That's when I understood why scientist and writer Isaac Asimov once said, "Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." If you disagree with Asimov, please don't get mad. Just read the book, the whole book, not a few cherry-picked verses. (If you don't have time to do that, check out this very readable summary by a man who read every single word of it and then wrote about it. http://amazon.com/dp/0061374253/ws00-20 ) My reading of the book wasn't in vain. I did get something out of it. This week we'll look at words that originated in the Bible. Say hello to the five biblical characters whose names have become words in the English language. Ananias (an-uh-NY-uhs) noun A liar. [After Ananias, who along with his wife Sapphira, was struck dead for lying. They sold a piece of land. Instead of giving away all of the proceeds from the sale, they kept a portion for themselves, to the displeasure of Peter. Earliest documented use: 1876.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Ananias "Their 'exaggerations' and 'inventions' were roundly condemned. The worst offender was the Ananias whose dispatches to the New York World from Fort Keogh told of dead cattle, sixty-below temperatures, snow eight to fifty feet deep and the like." Helena Huntington Smith; The War on Powder River; University of Nebraska Press; 1966. -------- Date: Tue May 6 00:01:08 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--solomon X-Bonus: Just as a cautious businessman avoids tying up all his capital in one concern, so, perhaps, worldly wisdom will advise us not to look for the whole of our satisfaction from a single aspiration. -Sigmund Freud, neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (1856-1939) This week's theme: Biblical characters who became words Solomon (SOL-uh-muhn) noun A very wise person. [In the Old Testament, Solomon, a king of Israel, was known for his wisdom. According to one story, he identified the real mother of a baby by suggesting to the two quarreling women that the child be cut into two and shared between them. The real mother agreed to give up the child instead, and was proclaimed as the true mother. Earliest documented use: 1554.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Solomon The Judgment of Solomon https://wordsmith.org/words/images/solomon_large.jpg From a fresco in Pilgrimage church of Frauenberg, Austria "This involved legal and moral precepts which would require a Solomon to sort out." Oswald G. Ragatz; Reunion with M urder; 1st Book Library; 2001. -------- Date: Wed May 7 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--samson X-Bonus: By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. -Rabindranath Tagore, poet, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel laureate (1861-1941) This week's theme: Biblical characters who became words Samson (SAM-suhn) noun A man of extraordinary physical strength. [After Samson, a judge in the Old Testament, known for his great strength. From Hebrew Simson (man of sun). Earliest documented use: 1565.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/samson Samson in the Treadmill https://wordsmith.org/words/images/samson_large.jpg Art: Carl Heinrich Bloch "For many Pakistanis Agha Hasan Abedi remains a Samson who took on the West at their own game." Ahmed Rashid; The BCCI Closure; Independent On Sunday (London, UK); Jul 7, 1991. -------- Date: Thu May 8 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--jeremiad X-Bonus: If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers. -Thomas Pynchon, writer (b. 1937) This week's theme: Biblical characters who became words jeremiad (jer-uh-MY-uhd) noun A long lamentation, mournful complaint, or a prophecy of doom. [After Jeremiah, a Hebrew prophet during the seventh and sixth centuries BCE, who prophesied the fall of the kingdom of Judah and whose writings are collected in Lamentations in the Old Testament. Earliest documented use: 1780. Also see jeremiah https://wordsmith.org/words/jeremiah.html .] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/jeremiad Jeremiah on the Sistine Chapel ceiling https://wordsmith.org/words/images/jeremiad_large.jpg Art: Michelangelo "Once upon a time, the passing of population milestones might have been cause for celebration. Now it gives rise to jeremiads." Welcome to Our World of Seven Billion People; The New Zealand Herald (Auckland); Oct 29, 2011. -------- Date: Fri May 9 00:01:04 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--methuselah X-Bonus: Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. -Charles Simic, poet (b. 1938) This week's theme: Biblical characters who became words Methuselah (meh-THOO-zuh-luh) noun 1. An extremely old person. 2. An oversized wine bottle holding approximately six liters. [After the biblical figure Methuselah, who is said to have lived 969 years. Earliest documented use: 1390.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Methuselah Methuselah tree https://wordsmith.org/words/images/methuselah_large.jpg Photo: Chao Yen https://www.flickr.com/photos/yenchao/9187256378/in/photostream/ "The risk that an individual turns out to be a Methuselah now lies with the insurer." Moneyed Men in Institutions; The Economist (London, UK); Nov 4, 1999. -------- Date: Mon May 12 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--lazaretto X-Bonus: I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. -Katharine Hepburn, actress (1907-2003) Traditionally, women wear engagement rings, but men are also getting into the act. A ring signals "I'm taken." So why not put a ring on men as well? In many cultures it's common for both parties to wear it. It's been called a mangagement ring, by a blend of man + engagement. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/relationships/2014/03/31/the-mangagement-movement-really-happening/6Bnsx7jEMOlpkDQ2PhHLFI/story.html Blending is a useful way to name things (vitamin: vital + amine), places (Mexicali: Mexico + California), ideas (sitcom: situational + comedy), companies (Groupon: group + coupon), and more. Even the word alphabet is a blend of alpha + beta, the first two letters of the Greek aphabet. Is the idea of a mangagement ring a real phenomenon or one promoted by jewelers to expand their market? Time will tell. But the term mangagement ring is not going anywhere. The marriage of the words man and engagement appears doomed. Even if the idea of a mangagement ring catches on, it'd probably still be known as an engagement ring. After all, the wedding ring on a man is not called a "man wedding ring" or a "manding ring". This week we'll look at five terms coined by blending that are still going strong. lazaretto (laz-uh-RET-o) also lazaret or lazarette (laz-uh-RET) noun 1. A medical facility for people with infectious diseases. 2. A building or ship used for quarantine. 3. On a ship, a space between decks used as storage. [From Italian lazzaretto, a blend of lazzaro + Nazareto. Lazzaro is the Italian version of the name Lazarus, the name of a beggar covered in sores as described in the New Testament (Luke 16:20). Nazareto was the nickname of a hospital, after Santa Maria di Nazareth, the name of the Church on the island where it was located. Earliest documented use: 1549.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/lazaretto "During times of epidemic, the government established a lazaretto on the neutral ground." Jason Musteen; Nelson's Refuge; Naval Institute Press; 2011. "The Council House was a frame building, away from the rest, that had been built in the old, wilder days as a lazaretto for surly drunks." Kurt Vonnegut; Player Piano; Charles Scribner's Sons; 1952. -------- Date: Tue May 13 00:01:04 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--bumptious X-Bonus: One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am afraid I should have done nothing. The miner does not sit at the top of the shaft waiting for the coal to come bubbling up to the surface. One must go deep down, and work out every vein carefully. -Arthur Sullivan, composer (1842-1900) This week's theme: Blend words bumptious (BUHMP-shuhs) adjective Self-assertive in an obnoxious way. [Probably a blend of bump + fractious https://wordsmith.org/words/fractious.html or a blend of bump + presumptuous. Earliest documented use: 1803.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/bumptious "A more prosperous, bumptious Turkey is jangling many nerves." Is Turkey Turning Its Back on the West?; The Economist (London, UK); Oct 21, 2010. -------- Date: Wed May 14 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--slimsy X-Bonus: I'm sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They'll be shocked, just as today we're shocked with cannibalism. -Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister (1898-1978) This week's theme: Blend words slimsy (SLIM-zee) adjective Flimsy; frail. [A blend of slim + flimsy. Earliest documented use: 1845.] "When he asked if she needed a rest, stubbornness caused her to refuse -- She didn't want him thinking she was soft and slimsy." Dawn Shamp; On Account of Conspicuous Women; Thomas Dunne Books; 2008. -------- Date: Thu May 15 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--stiction X-Bonus: When you re-read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in yourself than there was before. -Clifton Fadiman, editor and critic (1904-1999) This week's theme: Blend words stiction (STIK-shuhn) noun The frictional force that must be overcome to set one object in motion when it is in contact with another. [A blend of static + friction. Earliest documented use: 1946.] "Thom watched the nurse's backside as she left the room, low gravity and the stiction in her shoes made her suggestive." R.E. Wilder; Captain Thom and Orions Thunder; Dog Ear Publishing; 2009. -------- Date: Fri May 16 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--muzzy X-Bonus: I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be. -Studs Terkel, author and broadcaster (1912-2008) This week's theme: Blend words muzzy (MUHZ-ee) adjective 1. Mentally confused. 2. Blurred; indistinct. [Perhaps a blend of muddled + fuzzy. Earliest documented use: 1728.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/muzzy "She threatens me with weight gain on my upper legs, a muzzy head, and unclear thoughts." Life in the Raw; The Statesman (New Delhi, India); Jul 17, 2005. "Mr. Sugimoto presents the buildings in a muzzy soft-focus. They look at once evanescent and veiled, as if they had secrets to hide." Holland Cotter; A World Where Life Can Seem to Imitate an Imitation; The New York Times; Feb 17, 2006. -------- Date: Mon May 19 00:01:04 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--ophelian X-Bonus: The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely. -Lorraine Hansberry, playwright and painter (1930-1965) Willie is one month old this week! One month and 450 years, to be precise, but what's a few hundred years here or there? Willie's favorite thing to do is to playwrite. To celebrate his 450 and 1/12 birthday we're throwing a party. And everyone around the globe is invited. We'll celebrate by featuring words from his stories, both happy and sad. We'll pick five characters from his plays who have become words in the English language. Ophelian (o-FEE-lee-uhn) adjective Displaying madness, suicidal tendencies, and similar characteristics. [After Ophelia, a character in Shakespeare's Hamlet, who is driven to insanity and kills herself. Earliest documented use: 1903.] Ophelia https://wordsmith.org/words/images/ophelian_large.jpg Art: Thomas Francis Dicksee, c. 1864 "She had an Ophelian streak of potential craziness that he had, since day one, deemed wiser to steer clear of." Jean-Christophe Valtat; Aurorarama; Melville House; 2010. -------- Date: Tue May 20 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--benedict X-Bonus: A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury. -John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (1806-1873) This week's theme: Words coined after Shakespearean characters benedict (BEN-i-dikt) noun A newly married man, especially one who was previously thought to be a confirmed bachelor. [From alteration of Benedick, character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Earliest documented use: 1821. Not to be confused with this Benedict https://wordsmith.org/words/benedict_arnold.html .] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/benedict David Garrick as Benedick https://wordsmith.org/words/images/benedict_large.jpg Art: Jean Louis Fesch, 1770 "Columbus Moise, the old bachelor lawyer, who is soon to be a benedict, answered the toast." Miguel Antonio Otero; My Life on the Frontier, 1882-1897; 1935. -------- Date: Wed May 21 00:01:02 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--hamlet X-Bonus: A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. -Alexander Pope, poet (1688-1744) This week's theme: Words coined after Shakespearean characters Hamlet (HAM-lit) noun An apprehensive, indecisive person. [After Hamlet, the prince of Denmark in Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The opening of Hamlet's soliloquy "To be, or not to be" is among the best-known lines in literature. Earliest documented use: 1903.] A small village. [From Old French hamelet, diminutive of hamel (village), which itself is a diminutive of ham (village). Ultimately from the Indo-European root tkei- (to settle or dwell), which also gave us home, haunt, hangar, and site. Earliest documented use: 1330.] NOTES: The idiom "Hamlet without the Prince" is used to refer to an event or a performance taking place without its main character. Hamlet's Vision https://wordsmith.org/words/images/hamlet_large.jpg Art: Pedro Américo, 1893 "With some he is a Hamlet, a divided man who is always questioning himself." John S. Dunne; Time And Myth; University of Notre Dame Press; 2012. "The Baroness was right on one point: he was a Hamlet; his soliloquy might have run, 'To be married or not to be married / That is the question.'" Herbert Leibowitz; "Something Urgent I Have to Say to You": The Life and Works of William Carlos Williams; Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; 2011. -------- Date: Thu May 22 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--bardolphian X-Bonus: When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. -Arthur Conan Doyle, physician and writer (1859-1930) This week's theme: Words coined after Shakespearean characters Bardolphian (bar-DOL-fee-uhn) adjective Having a red complexion, especially a red nose. [After Bardolph, a character in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, who was noted for his red nose. Earliest documented use: 1756. Another character from these plays who has become a word in English is Falstaff https://wordsmith.org/words/falstaffian.html . ] Bardolph: https://wordsmith.org/words/images/bardolphian_large.jpg Art: Henry Stacy Marks, 1853 "The man, who had flushed a Bardolphian hue from the excitement, unlocked a drawer." Matthew Pearl; The Dante Club; Random House; 2003. "His cheeks were plump and sanguine*; his eyes bright and cheerful; and the tip of his nose glowed with a Bardolphian fire." Nathaniel Hawthorne; Fanshawe; Marsh and Capen; 1828. https://wordsmith.org/words/sanguine.html -------- Date: Fri May 23 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--polonian X-Bonus: A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. -Margaret Fuller, author, critic, and women's rights advocate (1810-1850) This week's theme: Words coined after Shakespearean characters Polonian (po-LO-nee-uhn) adjective Abounding in aphoristic expressions. [After Polonius, a courtier and the father of Ophelia https://wordsmith.org/words/ophelian.html in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, known for his moralistic aphorisms. Earliest documented use: 1847.] A native or inhabitant of Poland. [From Latin Polonia (Poland). Earliest documented use: 1533.] NOTES: Some of Shakespeare's best-known quotations come out of Polonius's mouth. As his son Laertes heads for France, Polonius advises: Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. At another time, he says: Brevity is the soul of wit. As happens with quotations, some of his words have become simplified and sharpened with time. From the original: For the apparel oft proclaims the man. To: Clothes make the man. Polonius behind the curtain: https://wordsmith.org/words/images/polonian_large.jpg Art: Jehan Georges Vibert, 1968 "A few Polonian precepts can do something to indicate whether or not a scientist is cut out for collaboration." P.B. Medawar; Advice To A Young Scientist; Harper and Row; 1980. "Derek Mahon's admonitory phrases often sounds Polonian rather than Apollonian: 'Everything thrives on contrariety', 'Equip yourself in every way you can / to take it like a woman or a man.'" Hugh Haughton; The Poetry of Derek Mahon; Oxford University Press; 2007. https://wordsmith.org/words/apollonian.html -------- Date: Mon May 26 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--reprehend X-Bonus: Never cut what you can untie. -Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824) For a change, this week we won't fit words into pigeonholes, we won't put labels on them, we won't assign them to a particular category or arrange them into a theme. They stand on their own. The five words we've selected have nothing in common... well, if you try hard enough, you can probably find something, but enjoy this bouquet of assorted words, or salmagundi of syllables, if you will. reprehend (rep-ri-HEND) verb tr. To disapprove or to reprimand. [From Latin reprehendere (to hold back, to censure), from re- (intensive) + prehendere (to seize). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghend-/ghed- (to seize or to take), which is also the source of pry, prey, spree, reprise, surprise, osprey, prison, get, impregnable https://wordsmith.org/words/impregnable.html , impresa https://wordsmith.org/words/impresa.html , and prise https://wordsmith.org/words/prise.html . Earliest documented use: 1382.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/reprehend "The false quotation was therefore one of those flashy worthless attempts at wit that I so much reprehend in others." Patrick O'Brian; The Truelove; W.W. Norton; 1993. -------- Date: Tue May 27 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--gravitas X-Bonus: I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. -Lawrence M. Krauss, theoretical physicist (b. 1954) This week's theme: Miscellaneous words gravitas (GRAV-i-tas) noun Seriousness, dignity, or weightiness. [From Latin gravis (serious). Earliest documented use: 1924.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/gravitas "To some early critics, Mr. Büsser's playful choice lacked gravitas." Victoria Gomelsky; Iconic Names for Iconic Watches; The New York Times; Feb 24, 2014. -------- Date: Wed May 28 00:01:02 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--languid X-Bonus: Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) This week's theme: Miscellaneous words languid (LANG-gwid) adjective 1. Lacking vigor or vitality. 2. Lacking interest. 3. Pleasantly lazy and calm. [From Latin languere (to languish). Earliest documented use: 1595.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/languid "Tahiti today is not the calm South Seas paradise depicted in Paul Gauguin's paintings of languid Polynesian women." South Sea Bubble; The Economist (London, UK); Nov 11, 2004. -------- Date: Thu May 29 00:01:03 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--perfuse X-Bonus: Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. -John F. Kennedy, 35th US president (1917-1963) This week's theme: Miscellaneous words perfuse (puhr-FYOOZ) verb tr. 1. To spread over as a liquid, color, light, aroma, etc. 2. To force a liquid, such as blood, through an organ or tissue. [From Latin perfundere (to drench), from per- (through) + fundere (to pour). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gheu- (to pour), which is also the source of funnel, font, fuse, diffuse, gust, gush, geyser, and infundibuliform https://wordsmith.org/words/infundibuliform.html . Earliest documented use: 1425.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/perfuse "The heady aroma of strong coffee perfused the cozy kitchen." Olivia Cunning; Hot Ticket; Sourcebooks; 2013. "Maybe one small area of her brain wasn't perfused well during the bypass portion of the operation." Harry Kraus; An Open Heart; David C Cook; 2013. -------- Date: Fri May 30 00:01:02 EDT 2014 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--noesis X-Bonus: Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. -Ben Hecht, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, director, and producer (1894-1964) This week's theme: Miscellaneous words noesis (no-EE-sis) noun 1. Cognition; perception. 2. The exercise of reason. [From Greek noesis (thought), from noein (to think, to perceive), from nous (mind). Earliest documented use: 1881.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/noesis "The noesis of the fact that tigers roamed these areas since there were no boundaries, nor fences in this forest, didn't jab much at me." Vishal Gupta; A Bittersweet Nostalgia; Strategic Book Publishing; 2012. "In an attempt to recollect the former few days, flashes of noesis pervaded my concentration." Jane E. Hill; So, Here I Stand; AuthorHouse; 2010.