ground

You’ll never believe this one, I’ve been wanting to blog for a while and I get to the computer and my mind just goes blank. So Rick had an idea he opened up a book (The Norton Companion to World Literature volume I) and pointed to a random word. GROUND and suggested I blog about that. Well I piddled around some more and then I opened up the dictionary to a random page and the first word on the page was GROUND. Guess I’m blogging about GROUND.

Ground: 1. the solid surface of the earth
2. soil; earth

The dictionary also covers grounds.

What about the word grounded? A person can be described as down-to-earth or grounded. To me that person would be very pragmatic, in my opinion it’s quite a compliment.

Who’s grounded in your life?

take care

a selection from page 312

“faux pas : A social blunder (French origin)

fauvism: An early 20th-cent. movement in painting marked by the use of bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors.

favorite son: A man favored for nomination as a presidential canidate by his own state delegates at a national political convention.

fear: n 1a. a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or immience of danger. b. A state marked by the feeling. 2. A feeling of disquiet or apprehension. 3. Reverence or awe, as toward a deity. 4. A reason for dread or apprehnsion. v. 1. To be afraid of. 2. To be apprehensive about. 3. to be in awe of. 4. To expect: I fear you are wrong (Old English origin)”

The American Heritage Dictionary 4th Edition
Random House New York