Words

In the past I've written about phrases and sentences that I thought were beautifully written. Today, just off the top of my head, I wanted to list words that are not used too much in writing. I find those words interesting.

--bruit (about)

--feckless

--bromide

--caustic

--egregious

--mollify

--ardor

--emblazon

--dolt

--dollop

--clandestine

--prurient

--ossify

--draconian

--best v.

--dessicated

--favonian

--jovial

--allay

--talismanic

--surly

--unseemly

--cloistered

--restive

--truculent

--jostle

--ecru

--tousled

--vortex

--raiment

--sloth

--xenophobic

--lance v.

--candor

--duped

--lollygag

--dregs

--fungible

--boosterism

--cant

--riled up

--lackey

--dingy

--foist

--underwhelm

--enmity

--effigy

--wraith

--abscond

--curio

--toggle

--rejigger

--percolate

--pummel

--stanch

--gorgonize

--petrify

--pox

--penury

--teeming

--quisling

--cagey

--capacious

--crony

--pounce

--inane

--brouhaha

--Beelzebub

--finagel

--cryogenic

--razed

--rankled

--rom-com

--nosh

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Some Interesting Quotes

--The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.   Rollo May

--One does not become fully human painlessly.    Rollo May

--What is done to children, they will do to society.   Karl Menninger

--Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.   Erich Fromm

--Problems are the outward signs of unused possibilities.   Rollo May

--The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.   Abraham Maslow

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Watching

I have been keeping an eye on the trial of former president Trump. I sense that the walls are closing in on him. (Yet, I know I have said similar things in the past.)

I say that because he has had to change his style. He has had to sit in quietly and not revert to his usual shenanigans. Maybe this is why he has been caught sleeping; because he is in sort a hibernation mode that he is not used to.

I think what is happening will prove beneficial to democracy.

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