Wild Things

 

“Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.” 

 

—John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), economic theorist (Thanks to alert WORDster Ruth Pease)

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Editorial Comment: I am word, hear me roar.

 

 

 

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The May issue of Senior News is out. After a Long Year, Silver Linings. Read all about it.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard