What happened when I searched for “gibberish” on my iPad.

The nightmare began when I attempted to solve the peculiarity of Apple communication skills — between its own devices. The calls did not go well. The first Apple Support person — well, after 15 minutes of going nowhere — I informed her I did not have time to go nowhere, and politely said: “Goodbye.”Whatever wisdom …

Facing Reality

REALITY

Language Bridges

Those two years of Latin in high school are best described as being in a state of perpetual confusion. Seems Romans did not value sentence structure. Seems they were perfectly satisfied with chaos as the underlying model of communication. Some sentences were the size of paragraphs. Lots ot identical suffixes. Kept thinking about Juvenal. Were …

A Pleasant Thought

Spend lots of time sitting at tables. My back is straight, but leans slightly forward, and my face, tilted slightly to the right, is supported by my wrist. My eyes can be focused ahead. More commonly upward. Or down. (Should’ve trademarked) It’s the only way to look at the sky and drift. The elbow is …

Latin is dead, thankfully.

I don’t mean to presume these habits are universal to writers. But I suspect some may be. My Favorite Let’s say you’re writing a paragraph. Doesn’t take long to produce. Why? The words breathe. All you need is a pen and paper to transcribe the breath strokes. Editing? Barely existent. Satisfaction guaranteed. My Least Favorite …