Introducing a new recurring feature – WHAT’S IN A NAME? Twice a month check in to read about what your first name may mean. Twice a month we will feature a female and a male name and tell you a little about them. Have suggestions for what names you would like to read about? Just let us…
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Word of the Week
My Word! – June 3
by Betsey Ellis •
Diestrus di-es-trus Noun A period of sexual inactivity or quiescence that intervenes between two periods of estrus. First seen in English in 1942 because before that life was obviously one long orgy. Yes, blame Latin again.
Word of the Week
My Word! May 27
by Betsey Ellis •
Callipygian Cal – i – pidgeon (Adjective) Having well-shaped buttocks My grandmother liked to go to high school track meets to ogle the callipygian race-walkers.
Word of the Week
My Word! – May 20
by Betsey Ellis •
Bibliomania Bib-lio-ma-nia Noun an extreme preoccupation with the collecting of books a craze for books or reading Some say that Shirley has a touch of bibliomania. This one comes from French and is traced back to the letters of French physician Guy Patin and a letter from 1652. It is first used in…
Word of the Week
My Word – May 13
by Betsey Ellis •
Anthropolith An-thro-po-lith Noun A fossilized or petrified human body or portion thereof. The Piltdown Man was a hoax and therefore not an anthropolith. Merriam-Webster didn’t even have an etymology for this one.
Word of the Week
My Word! – May 6
by Betsey Ellis •
Zwitterion – May 6 Zwit-ter-ion Noun An ion holding both a positive and a negative charge Nope, not even gonna try. This one goes back to 1906 and comes from an Old German hybrid for two. I just sort of liked the way it looked, and it does begin with z.
Word of the Week
My Word! April 29
by Betsey Ellis •
Yarborough Yar-ber-oh Noun A hand of cards in Bridge or Whist containing no Aces, face cards, or cards above a nine. Hilda was very unlucky at Bridge and once was dealt 5 yarboroughs in a row. This one goes back to only around 1900 when the second Earl of Yarborough was rumored to have bet…
Activity News
Something New for You to Do
by Shirley Kabet •
So football season is finally over, and not everyone likes baseball. Oh, what to do on a Sunday evening, what to do? How about this: Frank Disco of the Tech Committee has arranged for music videos to be shown on the big screens in the Clubhouse, in hi-def, on the first and third Sundays of…
Word of the Week
My Word! – April 22
by Betsey Ellis •
Xeric Zir-ick Adjective Characterized by or relating to only needing a small amount of moisture. Most so-called air plants can be categorized as xeric. While eventually tracing back to the Greek word xeros (meaning dry), this one only came to existence in 1926 when a bunch of botantists decided they needed a spiffy new word…
Welcome Committee News
WELCOME INFORMATION – APRIL 2024
by Mary Lee Cipriano •
WELCOME TABLE – APRIL 29, 2024 JOE & KAREN FRANCO 1530 TANGLEWOOD CIRCLE Joe and Karen are from the great state of Oklahome and will be with us seasonally. Joe is retired from the Oklahoma Air National Guard, and then from American Airlines. Karen owned a floral gift shop for many years and then worked…