Writing – Lauri Hawley

Inveterate: Wednesday Words

If I tried to guess what inveterate means by looking at its parts, I would come up with something like “not a veteran”. Not quite right, I’m afraid.

Followers

They ain’t all they’re cracked up to be.

I found this word on a mandatory workplace poster explaining state leave benefits to employees. Since I’m in charge of posting said posters and updating them annually, I thought I should know what they say!

November Readers’ Top Picks

Welcome to December! Let’s look back at what your favorite posts were in November before we jump headlong into the Christmas season.

Detestation: Wednesday Words

This is an oldie but a goodie I came across in a quote from Thomas Goodwin, an English Puritan theologian and preacher who lived in the 1600s.

Intransigence: Wednesday Words

I came upon this jewel reading an Associated Press news article about Tigris and Euphrates water use and climate change, together bringing drought to farmers downstream (November 18, 2022).

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