Category Archives: Musings

Funny and serious personal essays about the new perspectives that come from considering the wonders of the world and the vagaries of everyday life.

And Around We Go

Posted on 14 December 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Usually a serpent does the work, but an arrow works just as well. Or as badly. Continue reading →

Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Mortality, New Perspectives | Tagged | 10 Comments

Tell Me Without Telling Me

Posted on 07 December 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Tell me you don’t know . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Laughing Frequently, Wired | Tagged | 10 Comments

The Gamut Gambit

Posted on 22 November 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Dagnabbed sound-alikes. Who planned this language? Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 6 Comments

Vow Wulls

Posted on 16 November 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Like Topsy, the language she just growed. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 5 Comments

Interjections, Abbreviations, Cautions

Posted on 02 November 2024 by Isabel Gibson

‘Tis the season. (Not that one, not quite, but a necessary precursor.) Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Relationships and Behaviour, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 16 Comments

Ya Gotta Talk the Talk

Posted on 26 October 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Trying to stay up to date, idiom-wise. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 6 Comments

Bill

Posted on 19 October 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Read you loud and clear? If only. Continue reading →

Posted in Feeling Clearly, Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 17 Comments

Ooh, Brr

Posted on 01 October 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Add this to the “What the colonel meant to say” file. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Wired | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

Just Like That

Posted on 27 September 2024 by Isabel Gibson

It’s kinda like flossing, yeah? Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Day-to-Day Encounters, Thinking Broadly | Tagged , , | 8 Comments