Bean’s first Real Poem
Bean wrote a poem. She loves Nox Arcana (hmmm don’t ask me where she gets that) And this is the song that made her want to write Here’s the poem: Little ballerina dance your empty dance For you are a mere doll Your soul is captivated in a trance Words …
A New Phobia for You: Kainotophobia is K
Kainotophobia~Fear of Change Kainolophobia~Fear of Novelty Kainophobia~ Fear of Anything New  Fear of Change. We like our habits. We like predictability. We like things the way they were, not the way they are now or how they could be. I get it. Change is hard. Personally, as someone who …
Japanophila is that which is J
I haven’t written yet about our Bean, but I want to. No this is not B for Bean or even E for Emily (what we call her when we are not able to call her Bean). This may just be the place. I’m not quite sure how it happened. When …
I is for Inumbrate
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=Inumbrate <–How do you say it? This is a word I think I’m going to bring back Meaning to shade or darken. Here’s a good example: Oh this word makes me miss my gothgirl days, for THAT would have been a word to be used as a …
H, being Hypodynamia
I am experiencing a loss of strength in several places in my life. Â This is a word you can use literally, to mean what is basically the disease of modern life-being sedentary. Or you can use it more metaphorically. Yep that is happening. It started when I …
G is for Gloaming
I was very young when I saw this on TV one night and then have watched it every time it’s come on since. I’m a sucker for old movies, especially musicals–especially Gene Kelly (who reminds me of my Dad) and Fred Astaire (who is just debonaire) I remember going to …
F is for fardel
; C’mon it’s Friday. You’ve felt it right? Is it the dishes? Is it the trash? Perhaps the laundry?Now you have a word for it, FARDAL. anything cumbersome or irksome. There’s no link for the pronunciation because it sounds a lot like fart with a d instead of T– which …
E is for EEK!
Ok, this is going to be just a bit silly. I had an exceedingly difficult day and then came home and did too many chores. So while I was perusing my list of interesting words I figured something out about E. E reminds me of Halloween and horror movies. Why? …
D is for Dudgeon (and Determination)
Tonight I’m not so terribly inspired to say much. I’m still fighting B for back pain, though it is improving. I’m getting ready to put up an ad on our local craig’s list for a trainer, I think I need one to get me going –and someone who can keep …
C is for Charientism
Ok, the collective term for cats is clowder. I just had to say that. Clowder of cats. not a herd but a clowder. Guess that’s like a mope of goths or a stomp of rivets. Â That said Today’s word is Charientism <–click on it to hear the pronunciation. I …
B is for Bibliophagist
Bibliophagist: One who devours books, literally or figuratively. http://www.forvo.com/word/bibliophagist/ <–How to pronounce. I read. A lot and very fast. I started reading at about 4 and I never stopped. I read so fast I have to make myself slow down sometimes to savor a very good read. Like  The Wool …
A is for Ailurophile : The Story of Buzzy the Persian Buffalo
Hello I’m Jyllian and I’m a cataholic–or more properly an Ailurophile. I’ve loved cats for as long as I can remember. I like dogs too, they are nice but cats have always been my favorite animal. They are independent and very much themselves–which makes it meaningful (at least to me) …
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent van Gogh
 A to Z Blogging Challenge Well here we go again. I am going to give another blogging challenge a try. Why? I failed the last one quite miserably. And the reverb/resound whatever the heck that was didn’t work very well either. I have always made it through Nablopomo though. …
On wrongs swift vengeance waits. Alexander Pope
Prompt A: Talk about a time when you intervened. What prompted you? Did you regret it? Â I have stepped in front of the swinging hand, the thrown punch. I have called for rescue as a child from drunkeness. I have threatened a firestorm of retribution on what was done …
There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go. Tennessee Williams
Day 10: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Prompt A: Talk about breaking someone else’s heart, or having your own heart broken. I had to leave. It was time. He was never going the direction I was going, though he tried. I was never going the direction he was going, though I tried. …
Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs. ~Aldous Huxley
Prompt A: Talk about the ways in which your body is awesome. Â Well first of all I suck. I do and I don’t I guess. We had a lot planned in March and did all of it. I wanted to do this project, very much. But I also wanted …