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​Universal Thoughts of Chaos and Calm
I’m Not a Soup Can So Don’t Label Me!
To Sleep Perchance to Dream
​The Nuances of Numerology
What’s on Your Dinner Table?

• The Art of Smooth Conversation
• A Lushy Lexicon of Drunken Vocabulary

We the People -Government and Politics

• Part 1; Pontificating on Politics (Government)
• Part 2: Parade of Politickers (Politicians)

Special Features:
​ANSWERING THE CALL OF THE WILD - introducing the words of the animal kingdom

• PART 1: Curling Up With a Clowder of Cats - Pets
• PART 2: The Animals Have Gone Wild
• PART 3: Animals On Payroll Working the Farm
• PART 4: An African Safari or the City Zoo?
• PART 5: Creatures That Live Under the Sea
• PART 6: Birds of a Feather Flock Together
• PART 7: The Rapping Reptiles on the Riverbank
• PART 8: Pack Conspiracy of Animals
• PART 9: The Small & Mighty to Creepy Crawlies
• PART 10: Rise of the Mythical Beasts

THE OBSCURITY OF THE NORM - a collection of beautifully obscure words for normal, everyday things

• ​From Norm to Obscure ~ [ A - F ]
• From Norm to Obscure ~ [ G - L ]
• From Norm to Obscure ~ [ M - R ]
• From Norm to Obscure ~ [ S - Z ]

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• ​Spark an Ember, Ignite a Flame - Words On Fire
• Chasing a Tornado in a Pickup Truck
• The Laboratory of a Mad Scientist
• Luminous Light Streaming from Above
• The Sea Legs of a Thalassophile

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THE BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE AND WORDS
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• Embracing the Unusual & Obscure
• Bring Back the Rare, Archaic, & Obsolete
• The Dark Side of the Moon

​WEAVING MEANING IN A WEB OF WORDS
The words we use for communicating & storytelling
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• Word Love for the Loquacious Logophile
• Wandering a Path of Words About Words
• Witz and Glitz of the Writer’s Craft
• Primer for the Grandiloquent Grammarian
• Curl Up in the Cozy Reference Nook​

THE UNIVERSE AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
The words in exotic languages new to us
WordMap | Featured Lists

• Learn the Languages of the World
• Words From Around The World​
• Translating Your Untranslatable World​
• The Saucy Song of Slang - WordMap
• The Obscurity of the Norm

PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS
The words we can use to understand ourselves and the world around us
Featured Lists

• Defining and Feeling the Feelings
• Romancing Love & Affection - Sitemap​
• Pondering the Phobia - Words | Library
• Dive Into the Deep & Profound
• Swinging From the Tree of Knowledge ​

THE COLORS OF OUR CREATIVITY
The words we use to create and innovate​

• Igniting the Flame of Creative Flow
• Talking the Talk in Tech Town​ ​

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