Word-Wednesday for July 24, 2019

And here is the Wannaskan Almanac for Word-Wednesday, for July 24, 2019, the 30th Wednesday of the year,  the 205th day of the year, with 160 days remaining.


Nordhem Lunch: Hot Pork Sandwich


Earth/Moon Almanac for July 24, 2019
Sunrise: 5:46am; Sunset: 9:14pm; 2 minutes, 27 seconds less daylight today
Moonrise: 12:29am; Moonset: 1:35pm, waning gibbous


Temperature Almanac for July 24, 2019
                Average           Record           Today
High             79                   96                  84
Low              56                   40                  66

July 24 Celebrations from National Day Calendar

• National Thermal Engineer Day
• National Tequila Day
• National Drive-Thru Day
• National Cousins Day
• National Amelia Earhart Day

July 24 Riddle

First comes L, the rest, _ _ _ _ _ _ _*


July 24 Pun

July 24 Notable Historic Events, Literary or Otherwise, from On This Day

• 1487 Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, rebel against ban on foreign beer.
• 1793 France passes first copyright law.

July 24 Author/Artist/Character Birthdays, from On This Day

• 1802 Alexandre Dumas.
• 1860 Alphonse Mucha, Czech Nouveau painter and artist.
• 1897 Amelia Earhart.
• 1900 Zelda Fitzgerald.
• 1948 Marvin the Martian, Warner Bros. cartoon character.
• 1964 Banana Yoshimoto.

Words-I-Looked-Up-This-Week Writer's Challenge
Make a single sentence (or poem) from the following words:

• anodyne: not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so.
• boody: to sulk or be sullen; to mope /over/ something.
• curlew: a large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long down-curved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call.
• fellifluous: flowing with bile; bitter, rancorous
• interpolate: insert (something of a different nature) into something else.
• lawk: exclamation used to express surprise.
• meliorism: the belief that the world can be made better by human effort.
• metropole: the parent state of a colony.
• oxter: the armpit; (also more generally) the underside of the upper arm; the fold of the arm when bent against the body.
• perspicacious: having a ready insight into and understanding of things.

July 24 Word-Wednesday Feature

For history buffs and writers of dynamic nonfiction, like Hilary Mantel, here's a list of common jobs people held in Shakepeare's time:

Abecedarian: a teacher of the ABCs 

Apothecary: acted as pharmacist, doctor, dentist, and general storekeeper
Barber: cut hair; also was a surgeon

Battuere: person who shooed game from hiding during a hunt

Blacksmith: maker of things from iron and repaired weapons

Bower: maker of bows, arrows, and crossbows

Breechesmaker: maker of pants

Chamberlain: title originating with an officer of a royal household who was responsible for the Chamber, which included the administration of the Queen's household's budget; this occupation was later extended to collecting revenues and paying expenses

Chandler: maker of candles

Coster Wife: female fruit seller

Cooper: made containers of wood, such as barrels

Cordwainer: shoemaker or cobbler

Cottar: various lowly duties or occupations of the old or infirm, including swine-herd

Cutler: made, sold, and repaired knives and scissors

Dripping man: collected and sold fat dripping of meat

Ewerer: bringer of hot water for nobles

Farrier: shoed horses and acted as a veterinarian

Flethcer: arrow maker

Goldsmith: made hollow ware (bowls, cups, and vases) and jewelry

Gummer: the machine that cuts out the spacing between the teeth of a saw is called a gummer; thus, someone whose job it was to use a gummer to create or repair saws was also called a gummer

Honey Dipper: person who collected sewage from households for use in the tanning industry

Mudlark: person who scavenged in river mud for valuables

Mantuamaker: dressmaker

Milliner: made dresses and hats and sold accessories

Mountebank: seller of snake oil or other fake medicines

Pleacher: a layer of hedges

Plumassier: maker of ornamental feathers

Purefinder: person who collected dog poop from streets for use in the tanning industry

Reeve: supervisor of all work on a lord's property

Scagiola: maker of imitation marble

Schrimpschonger: carver of bone, ivory or wood

Scullion: lowest of kitchen workers

Tosher: person who scavenged in sewers for valuables

Whiffler: someone who leads the way in a procession, more specific than a herald or usher

Whitesmith: made things of iron and steel, then polished them to make them look like silver
Whoolen Billy Piercer: when children were employed in textile factories, it was often as piecers, who mended broken thread on the spinning machine, which was called a billy; so a woolen billy piecer was generally a kid whose job was to make sure wool was being spun correctly

Xylographer: creator of woodblock illustrations and printing

Zymologist: someone skilled at fermenting and creating liquor

Zythepsarist: someone who brewed drinks, particularly, beer


From A Year with Rilke, July 24 Entry
Fear and Fearlessness, from Early Journals.

Those who sense eternity are byond all fear. They see in every night the place where day begins, and are consoled.

Fearlessness is necessary for summer to come. Spring can be troubled; to its blossoming, uneasiness is like a home. But fruits need the strength and calm of the sun. All must be ready to receive, with wide open gateways and substantial bridges.

A race that is born in fear comes as a stranger to the world and never finds its way home.

Be better than yesterday, learn a new word today, try to stay out of trouble - at least until tomorrow, and write when you have the time.

*aughter.