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My nose is dry and stuffed. My ears ring. My anxiety rises as a result. When I look around the room, I can’t decide if my glasses are...
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loriannlivingston
- Jun 5, 2019
- 3 min
Wordie Wednesday: integrity
noun : /ɪnˈteɡ.rə.ti/ (HONESTY) - the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change Selling and...
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loriannlivingston
- May 8, 2019
- 2 min
Wordie Wednesday: amuck
run/go amuck (also amok) 1. to rush about in a murderous frenzy: The fanatic ran amuck in the crowd, shooting at random. 2. to rush about...
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loriannlivingston
- May 1, 2019
- 3 min
Wordie Wednesday: modus operandi
noun mo·dus ope·ran·di | \ ˌmō-dəs-ˌä-pə-ˈran-dē , -ˌdī\ plural modi operandi\ ˈmō-ˌdē- , ˈmō-ˌdī- \ Definition of modus...
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loriannlivingston
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
This is your brain on shrubs: How being outside and among trees improves children’s mental health
One thing I'm appreciating about freelance writing is that sometimes it takes a very long time for a story to come together. This one...
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loriannlivingston
- Apr 10, 2019
- 1 min
Wordie Wednesday: curiosity
noun cu·ri·os·i·ty | \ ˌkyu̇r-ē-ˈä-s(ə-)tē , ˌkyər-\ plural curiosities Definition of curiosity 1: desire to know: a: inquisitive...
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loriannlivingston
- Apr 3, 2019
- 4 min
Wordie Wednesday: mondo
I'd never heard of the word "mondo" until this interview with Irish author Patrick McCabe 20 years ago. Does anyone remember the mondo...
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loriannlivingston
- Mar 29, 2019
- 4 min
An interview with the late John O'Donohue
In 1999, when this was first published, one book, entitled Anam Cara, sat at the top of the Irish Times Bestseller List for 20 months....
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loriannlivingston
- Mar 27, 2019
- 3 min
Wordie Wednesday: Thalassophobia
tha·las·so·pho·bia: Fear of the ocean. Thalassophobia doesn't necessarily restrict itself to oceans; Thalassa actually means "sea" in...
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loriannlivingston
- Mar 20, 2019
- 2 min
Wordie Wednesday: petroglyph
noun pet·ro·glyph | \ ˈpe-trə-ˌglif \ Definition of petroglyph : a carving or inscription on a rock It’s strange to think I would never...
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loriannlivingston
- Mar 13, 2019
- 2 min
Wordie Wednesday: reverie
rev·er·ie /ˈrev(ə)rē/ Noun: a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream. I’m out for a winter’s walk. The road is icy,...
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loriannlivingston
- Mar 6, 2019
- 3 min
Wordie Wednesday: serendipity
/ˌserənˈdipədē/ noun 1. the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. "a fortunate stroke of...
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loriannlivingston
- Feb 27, 2019
- 4 min
Wordie Wednesday: antiquing
Antiquing [an-teek-ing] verb (used with object), an·tiqued, an·ti·quing. to make or finish (something, especially furniture) in imitation...
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loriannlivingston
- Feb 20, 2019
- 2 min
Wordie Wednesday: amuck
run/go amuck 1. to rush about in a murderous frenzy: The fanatic ran amuck in the crowd, shooting at random. 2. to rush about wildly;...
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loriannlivingston
- Feb 13, 2019
- 3 min
Wordie Wednesday: gardyloo
interjection gar·dy·loo | \ ˌgär-dē-ˈlü \ Definition of gardyloo n Used by people in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste...
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loriannlivingston
- Feb 11, 2019
- 1 min
Former sex-trafficking victim says Canadian parents need to know warning signs
I've been volunteering on a community engagement committee to raise awareness about human sex trafficking in Waterloo Region. The...
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loriannlivingston
- Feb 6, 2019
- 3 min
Wordie Wednesday: shivaree
shiv·a·ree SHivəˈrē/ Noun 1. a noisy mock serenade performed by a group of people to celebrate a marriage or mock an unpopular person....
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loriannlivingston
- Jan 30, 2019
- 4 min
Wordie Wednesday: schadenfreude
NOUN mass noun Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. Origin German Schadenfreude, from Schaden ‘harm’ + Freude...
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loriannlivingston
- Jan 23, 2019
- 1 min
Wordie Wednesday: insidious
adjective UK /ɪnˈsɪd.i.əs/ US /ɪnˈsɪd.i.əs/ (of something unpleasant or dangerous) gradually and secretly causing harm: High blood...
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loriannlivingston
- Jan 16, 2019
- 1 min
I watched my church become a pile of rubble and it gave me hope.
I know a lot of people watched the slow demolition of the Trinity United Church building on Frederick Street in Kitchener, as I did....
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