January 18 is Thesaurus Day. In other words, a reason to dig, burrow, or mine The Voice’s vault!
Another thing to resolve to do…sometime. Writer Maxie van Roye takes an inventory of things on her desk (mostly, one suspects, to avoid actually cleaning said desk.) “…that big red drip over there is not from popsicles at all. It’s nail polish. Let me explain.” On My Desk, March 6, 2015.
Words to lose. Former Voice editor and wordsmith S.D. Livingston mulls over the words people take strong dislikes to . “Words…surround us all day, every day, both spoken and written. And we have absolutely no way to stop the constant flow of terms like orifice and irregardless that streams from other people’s mouths.” Write Stuff – Word Fury, May 18, 2012.
