How Now, Brown Cow?

While I’m on blog hiatus, I’m re-posting some entries from my archives. Lord willing, I’ll be back to writing new content in a few weeks – see you then!

I have no idea what this post is going to be about. Last night I decided to write an entry titled “How Now, Brown Cow.” Just because that phrase was stuck in my head and I wanted to work it into my life somehow, some way. And blogging seemed the most, logical? illogical? easy? extension of that.

Ahh, I know… what was your favorite Dr. Seuss book as a child?

Mine was Fox in Socks. Perfect for a word-lover like me.

“When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles
and the bottle’s on a poodle and the poodle’s eating noodles…
…they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle
bottle paddle battle.”

(originally published August 14th, 2007)

Six-Word Story

While I’m on blog hiatus, I’m re-posting some entries from my archives. Lord willing, I’ll be back to writing new content in a few weeks – see you then!

Ernest Hemingway’s shortest story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

Six words! I think some of the best writing is communicated in a small amount of space. Pithiness is paramount! (I love the word pithy, by the way. And the words winsome, pulchritudinous, pensive, and quixotic… even though I’ve never been quite sure how to pronounce that last one. But I digress.)

If you’re feeling brave, write me a six-word story in the comments section!

(originally published June 18, 2007)