Emerson's Wisdom

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, (attributed)
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)


Emerson knew what he was talking about... MOVE ON. Joy in the Journey and Joy in each new day!

Zaftig

How I wish to be zaftig!
(isn't this a fun word? I think it should be used more!)
zaftig
\ZAHF-tig\ adjective
: having a full rounded figure : pleasingly plump

Trasmogrify

A source of inspiration and pondering.....

The Word of the Day for March 03, 2010 on Merriam and Webster's online dictionary:

Transmogrify: /transs-MAH-gruh-fye/: to change of alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect.

Example: I like to transmogrify the apartment with a good scrub down now and then.

My sentence="I have been transmogrified this past year"

Did you know?

We know that the prefix "trans-" means "across" or "beyond" and appears in many words that evoke change, such as "transform" and "transpire," but we don't know the exact origins of "transmogrify." The 17th-century dramatist, novelist, and poet Aphra Behn, who is regarded as England's first female professional writer, was among the first English authors to use the word. In her 1671 comic play The Amorous Prince, Behn wrote, "I wou'd Love would transmogriphy me to a maid now." A century later, Scottish poet Robert Burns plied the word again in verse, aptly capturing the grotesque and sometimes humorous effect of transmogrification: "Social life and Glee sit down, . . . Till, quite transmugrify'd, they're grown Debauchery and Drinking."

See transmogrify">Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary