by Dwane | Oct 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Inspired by all the swearing showing up in goal-setting books these days, I wrote a book on goals. How to set them. How to hit them. All that. Minus the swearing. Now, I am editing my way through the book. I am eliminating passive sentences, throwing out the word...
by Dwane | Oct 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mulct: As a noun, a mulct is a fine, a tax, or a penalty. As a verb, to mulct is to take something of value by fraud or deceit. Mulct is from the Latin word for penalty: mulcta. Got mulcted? If so, someone took your money. And, the money they took? That’s also...
by Dwane | Oct 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Obviate: to make unnecessary; to eliminate the need for something; to do away with; to prevent by effective measures. Diet, exercise, sunshine and water obviate the need for most pharmaceutical drugs. Obviate comes from the Latin word obviare “to block, to...
by Dwane | Oct 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
In preparation for a trip to France, I will be hosting a question and answer meeting in a just over an hour, on Thursday, October 20. Here is the information and the link to join the meeting: Topic: Trip to France Time: Oct 20, 2022 07:00 PM Central Time (US and...
by Dwane | Oct 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Maybe there’s a place to ask questions, if so, could you direct me there? I have a couple kids using Vsual Latin 1. They’ve had some latin and I’m using this as some review. In chapter 11B – the translation portion,...
by Dwane | Oct 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Contrite: Remorseful; penitent; repentant. A deep feeling of guilt for wrongdoing, combined with a desire to make amends. From Latin: contritus, “worn out, crushed, bruised” Synonyms: apologetic, repentant, sorry Contrite shows up in one of the stanzas of Rudyard...
