You may have noticed that I like words. I am guilty of subscribing to the word of the day emails from dictionary.com. Not all of them are good, but some are fantastic.
“Winnowing” is fun to say. Notice how your lips and tongue move when you shape the word? Notice how it’s soft all the way through? Yes, these are the type of things that fascinate me. I will often say words like this more than once just for the physical sensation of the pronunciation.
I’m sure there’s a word for that.
Anyway, it’s a good word. It’s important to winnow through things… and it fits right in with my “declutter” theme of 2012.
I took something like 500 pictures last Friday night of my Mom’s band – Soul City Cowboys.
These folks come in and just have fun dancing. They're totally unselfconscious and even though it's not the kind of dancing I normally do, they don't look bad. I want to be like them when I grow up.
Of those 500-odd pictures, about 30 or so turned out.
Others are here, if you want to see them. Also – they’re a really fun band, if you happen to live in Missoula or the surrounding area and feel the need to to go out some night!
I had a lot of fun playing around with my manual settings to take these shots. I used to know how to use them all, but in the years where I didn’t have a digital slr I didn’t get a chance to practice. One of my goals this year is to relearn all of that stuff.
Winnowing is an excellent word to say out loud–I had never thought about it before today. Thanks!
I love that word. Obviously.
Mirriam-Webster tells me that I am a logophile. Sounds a bit weird, doesn’t it?!