Out the window: A daytime thunderstorm. My favourite kind.
"It's awesome, you know," Wesley says, using the word his mother so dislikes.
"What is? The sky?"
Wesley laughs. "A day. A lot can happen in a day, I mean. If that makes any sense."
"It does." The thin, curved moon, like the wandering element of an emoticon, is clear again. "That's what days are for."
Learning:
This week's Words of the Day:
- fanfaronade - noun - 1. arrogant talk; bragging. 2. a fanfare.
- bobolink - noun - a North American songbird.
- atrabilious - adjective - literary - melancholy; ill-tempered.
- monandry - noun - the custom of having only one husband at a time.
- victualler - noun - 1. a person who serves food and drink for a living. 2. a ship carrying provisions for other ships
Out and About:
- Reminder: commas save lives
- Back to school: The 70s vs. Today - A Lot Has Changed
- A creative anti-litter campaign from Toronto
- The anatomy of films
- "Woven" portraits from David Samuel Stern
- Bird sounds visualized by Andy Thomas
- New York hair stylist provides free haircuts to homeless people.
- Paintings by Mary O'Malley
That's all for this week.
Sarah