June 2024 – Princeton Writes

Word of the Week: prestidigitation (prĕs-tĭ-dĭj-ĭ-TĀ-shən)

Stephanie Whetstone2024-06-18T14:03:28-04:00

prestidigitation (prĕs-tĭ-dĭj-ĭ-TĀ-shən) Definition (Noun) Sleight of hand, legerdemain; conjuring. In Context "But like a magician who focuses his audience's attention on one hand while performing feats of prestidigitation with the other, Ponzi knew that the details of the transactions were less interesting than the promised results." Mitchell Zuckoff, Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend, 2005.

Word of the Week: prestidigitation (prĕs-tĭ-dĭj-ĭ-TĀ-shən)Stephanie Whetstone2024-06-18T14:03:28-04:00

A Poem for You: Oracle by Jacqueline Johnson

admin2024-06-18T10:30:10-04:00

Oracle Jacqueline Johnson for Gloria Foster Neo and Morpheus are looking for you in between the in between. You sit like any wise woman, sister in your kitchen. Forget the walnut wood table, platter of cookies against a corner wall like some kind of altar where all truth is dispensed. No time to play with cowrie shells, tea leaves, coins, objects of performance; no time for ritual either. You stand cooking much of nothing, offering neither tea nor directions to the way. What light can you shine into brilliance of an overly lit sky? Just cookies. You offer fresh from the [...]

A Poem for You: Oracle by Jacqueline Johnsonadmin2024-06-18T10:30:10-04:00

Word of the Week: tomfoolery (tŏm-FŌŌ-lə-rē)

Stephanie Whetstone2024-06-18T14:00:14-04:00

Word of the Week: tomfoolery (tŏm-FŌŌ-lə-rē) Definition (Noun) The action or behavior of a tom-fool; foolish or absurd action; silly trifling. In Context “‘She’s gadding off somewhere with Diana, writing stories or practicing dialogues or some such tomfoolery, and never thinking once about the time or her duties.’” Lucy Maud Montgomery, Ann of Green Gables, 1908.

Word of the Week: tomfoolery (tŏm-FŌŌ-lə-rē)Stephanie Whetstone2024-06-18T14:00:14-04:00

A Poem for You: Haiku by Geoffery Philp

admin2024-06-10T16:37:49-04:00

Haiku Geoffrey Philp Between Babylon and the sea, I’ve built a home with the sea’s whispers. Copyright © 2024 by Geoffrey Philp. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on June 5, 2024, by the Academy of American Poets.

A Poem for You: Haiku by Geoffery Philpadmin2024-06-10T16:37:49-04:00

A Poem for You: Balance by Anton Nimblett

admin2024-06-10T16:35:52-04:00

Balance Anton Nimblett slides were my favorite. one in Irving Park, one on a hillside in Claxton Bay, under canopy of trees, part slide, part tunnel— but I’m thinking of the seesaw today   one on a hillside in Claxton Bay— lever, a simple machine of sides shifting. I’m thinking of that seesaw today: balance, lifting weight and lowering   lever, a simple machine of sides shifting. battered dry good scale in Pa Lee’s shop balance, lifting weight and lowering, doing the magic of measuring, making even—   battered dry good scale in Pa Lee’s shop one demi-bowl, one shelf, round [...]

A Poem for You: Balance by Anton Nimblettadmin2024-06-10T16:35:52-04:00

Word of the Week: fustigate (FUSS-tuh-gayt)

Stephanie Whetstone2024-05-09T16:30:16-04:00

fustigate (FUSS-tuh-gayt) Definition to beat with or as if with a short heavy club : cudgel to criticize severely In Context "Ontario Court Justice Charles Vaillancourt…fustigated them all, effectively characterizing the charges against Duffy as an abuse of power. " Neil Macdonald, CBC.ca, 23 Apr. 2016

Word of the Week: fustigate (FUSS-tuh-gayt)Stephanie Whetstone2024-05-09T16:30:16-04:00

Book of the Month: A Tale for the Time Being (2013) by Ruth Ozeki

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A Tale for the Time Being (2013) by Ruth Ozeki Critical Evaluation "Whenever the word "time" comes up —“wasting time,”“about time,” “in time” — the reader must stop and think about the many angles of approach to that subject in Ruth Ozeki’s delightful yet sometimes harrowing new novel, “A Tale for the Time Being.” “Ozeki takes on big themes in “A Tale for the Time Being” — not just the death of individuals but also the death of the planet. In doing so, she ranges widely, drawing in everything from quantum mechanics and the theory of infinite possibilities in an infinite [...]

Book of the Month: A Tale for the Time Being (2013) by Ruth Ozekiadmin2024-06-18T15:50:53-04:00