I guess I was out sick that day in kindergarten when they taught the whole, “actions speak louder than words,” lesson because throughout my whole life I have grappled with–and have been burned by–the difference that exists between peoples’ words and their actions. Maybe it is because I am a writer and a poet that [...]

Yes it’s true.  I love them.  I collect them.  I savor them.  I pour over them.  You can find evidence of this in a previous post on The Sweet Sound of Words.  In fact, I love words so much that I can sometimes lose hours reading the dictionary.  And not just the English dictionary, now [...]

I love words I love putting them together in combinations that illicit thought laughter tears love anger dreams hope grief I love a delicious string of alliteration “…into winter wonderland we wander…” I love a clever turn of meaning And I love the delightful sound of words rolling of my tongue garbanzo carbuncle rutabaga gadunga [...]