Word of the Day: Explore

Word of the Day: Explore

Word of the Day: Explore

ex-plore / ikˈsplôr
verb
 
1.      to study, investigate or look into
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
John Steinbeck, 1902-1968
2.      to become familiar with by testing
This year, Whole Foods called out Middle Eastern culinary influences as a top trend, citing that customers are ready to explore classic ingredients like harissa, cardamom, za’atar, and dishes like shakshuka, grilled halloumi, lamb, pomegranate, tahini, tomato jam, and dried fruits.
Stephanie Cain, ?-, specialtyfood.com
3.      to travel over or through unfamiliar territory for discovery
You can’t use an old map to explore a new world.
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
4.      to examine in the interest of diagnosing or getting more information
An alternative to laparotomy is laparoscopy (‘keyhole surgery’), where small incisions are made through which to explore the abdominal cavity.
betterhealth.vic.gov.au

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Greeting, Meeting, and Seating (Ugh!)

Greeting, Meeting, and Seating (Ugh!)

Greeting, Meeting, and Seating (Ugh!)

One of the most enjoyable and rewarding benefits of Rotary membership is making and meeting new friends.  For me, I have been able to travel all over the US, meeting Rotarians of all walks of life, professions, young and experienced (nobody is old).  It is and continues to be a joy to travel.  All except one thing. 

Sitting for hours in uncomfortable chairs!  I want to invent a comfortable and affordable banquet chair that I can market and sell to hotels and convention facilities across the world.  Maybe in retirement.  

The meetings though are the best!  Unbelievable motivational speakers.  I have meet authors, RI presidents (past and future) world leaders, actors, and some ordinary but extra ordinary people.  You see, that’s what Rotary offers us.  The ability to CONNECT.  With others, to do Good, to learn, to shaare ideas, to raise awareness.  We have an amazing organization that we are part of.  If you are only eating vanilla ice cream (see my earlier post “Lets Indulge”),  you need to to go back to the Ice Cream buffet. 

See you soon.  

Word of the Day: Explore

Word of the Day: Expurgate and Expurgation

Word of the Day: Expurgate and Expurgation

verb
 
1.      to remove something offensive or morally wrong from a printed or published work
The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
 
Expurgation
 
noun
 
1.      an act or instance of ridding a source of morally offensive content
Daily life is an ongoing adaptation process of imprinting our memory’s storage center with useful data and the ceaseless expurgation of undesirable facts, exfoliation of destructive thoughts, and weeding out annoying emotional quirks that seemingly sprout out of thin air.
From ‘Dead Toad Scrolls’ by Kilroy J. Oldster, ?-

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Explore

Word of the Day: Drive

Word of the Day: Drive

drive / drīv
 
verb
  1. to frighten or prod (game, cattle, etc.) into moving in a desired direction drive cattle across the prairie
  2. to carry on or through energetically. drives a hard bargain
  3. to impart a forward motion to by physical force. Waves drove the boat ashore. drive the nail into the beam
  4. to move quickly and forcefully down or along. drive the lane drive the baseline
  5. to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the course of (a vehicle). drive a car
  6. to press or force into an activity, course, or direction. The drug habit drives addicts to steal.
  7. to propel (an object of play) swiftly or forcefully. drove a long fly ball to the warning track. drove the ball down the fairway. drive a golf ball onto (a green)
  8. to cause (a run or runner) to be scored usually used with in drove him in with a single
noun
 
  1. to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently rudely. drove past her
  2. to progress with strong momentum. the rain was driving hard
  3. to make a quick and forceful move. driving to the hoop
  4. to operate a vehicle. learned to drive at the age of fifteen.
  5. to have oneself carried in a vehicle. drove to Colorado as a kid
  6. to drive a golf ball. drove down the fairway

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Explore

Word of the Day: Embrace

Word of the Day: Embrace

em-brace / əmˈbrās
 
verb
 
1.      to hold tightly in an affectionate manner; to hug
Each time we embrace someone warmly, we gain an extra day of life.
from ‘Aleph’ by Paulo Coelho, 1947-
 
2.      to encircle or enclose
You enter the mouth of a valley; the hills reach forth their arms to embrace you, and you consciously enter a new world.
from ‘The Alps’ by Martin Conway, 1856-1937
 
3.      to take up gladly or readily
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
Lao Tzu, 601 BC-c. 531 BC
 
4.      to include as a part
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion toembrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
 
5.      to welcome
Winners embrace hard work.
Lou Holtz, 1937-
 
noun
 
1.      a hug
The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
Havelock Ellis, 1859-1939
 
2.      grip
I close my eyes and melt in its embrace, basking in the sweetest balm of forgiveness: that for which one need not even ask.
from ‘The Book of Rachael’ by Leslie Cannold, 1965-
 
3.      the acceptance of something
Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.
George Santayana, 1863-1952

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.