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Sep 8, 2022

When Words Divide

A few weeks ago I was emailed a PDF of page proofs for a scholarly paper I’d written. The subject of the paper is a particular dictionary and not surprisingly, the word dictionary (in singular, possessive, or plural) occurs many dozens of times in the paper. Also not surprisingly, it…

Writing

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When Words Divide
When Words Divide
Writing

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Jul 13, 2022

Just Take Away the Keys

A year ago today I was on my bike, out for a short shopping trip before lunch. I was heading north on a designated bike path. The driver, a 94-year-old woman in a 15-year-old Camray, was heading south. I’ll give her a name: Rose Mae. That’s not her real name…

Insurance

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Just Take Away the Keys
Just Take Away the Keys
Insurance

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Mar 23, 2022

Twenty Years at the Creede Hotel

A couple of patterns have emerged over the decades that the Creede Hotel has been bought and sold. First: when it’s for sale, it is usually decrepit. Second: if you’re lucky, and if you decide to give your whole life to it while it’s in your hands, you might leave…

History

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Twenty Years at the Creede Hotel
Twenty Years at the Creede Hotel
History

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May 29, 2021

Teenage Mom and Plantation Mistress

Forty years ago I found this picture in a trunk full of estate detritus: clothing, photos, travel souvenirs, things that someone couldn’t quite bring themselves to put in the trash. …

Slavery

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Teenage Mom and Plantation Mistress
Teenage Mom and Plantation Mistress
Slavery

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Mar 28, 2021

Resume Membership on Medium?

Disclosure: I never had a paid membership; I was gifted one by Medium after a successful piece I published in 2018. “Successful” here means it earned me north of $300 and attracted thousands of readers and claps. …

Medium

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Resume Membership on Medium?
Resume Membership on Medium?
Medium

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Mar 19, 2021

When Purging Melancholy Gave Way to Treating Depression

When Purging Melancholy Gave Way to Treating Depression “The passions of melancholy doe more strongly worke in the minde of man, then doe those which come of any pleasant and delectable cause.” –from A Method unto Mortification, 1608. First, to answer the question posed in the title and to make it clear that this is a linguistic, not…

Depression

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When Purging Melancholy Gave Way to Treating Depression
When Purging Melancholy Gave Way to Treating Depression
Depression

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Feb 27, 2021

“She’s such a child!”:
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Did you look systematically at example sentences throughout the dictionary in question, or just…

Did you look systematically at example sentences throughout the dictionary in question, or just cherry-pick? I don't think your thesis would not stand up to peer review. You might find it instructive to read the commentary on your piece from members of the Dictionary Society of North America, some of whom have worked for Oxford Dictionaries and were editors and lexicographers on the dictionary you have targeted.

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Feb 8, 2021

The Gig Worker’s Nest Egg: a Guide for Making it Golden

First, the bona fides: I left my last full-time salaried job in 1990, at the age of 36, with the goal of never having a boss other than myself again. That was 30 years ago. Today I am mostly retired. My home is a paid-off, comfortable condo in an urban-proximate…

Gig Economy

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The Gig Worker’s Nest Egg: a Guide for Making it Golden
The Gig Worker’s Nest Egg: a Guide for Making it Golden
Gig Economy

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·May 26, 2020

The Old College Try (and Fail)

I met my students for the last time in person on Wednesday, March 18th. We were already nervous by then. Fresh rumors wafted through corridors and across campus walkways every day. The administration sent regular email blasts, each with new and graver information than the last. The day before this…

College

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The Old College Try (and Fail)
The Old College Try (and Fail)
College

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Dec 18, 2019

Mormon Elder Behaving Badly

First, before I raise any hackles: this all happened long ago, and by the time you get to the end of this short account you will question whether the perp, Albert Ketchum, was an elder of the Mormon Church anywhere but in his own mind. …

Mormon

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Mormon Elder Behaving Badly
Mormon Elder Behaving Badly
Mormon

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