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Bescumber

I learned a new word last week and it has quickly climbed the ranks to be my most favorite word.  That word is “bescumber”. It’s a wonderful word.  I like the way it sounds.  Say it with me…bescumber. Having grown up on a dairy farm, I bescumbered for years and

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Philosophical Racism

Apparently, the unofficial slogan in Ventura County California is “We’re not the San Fernando Valley”.  It can’t be widely known because I’ve lived here for over 10 years and have never heard of it before today.  I also learned today that somehow the unofficial slogan is racist. It seems that

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Hard Scrabble

I used to play Scrabble with my mom.  We lived in different states so we played together online.  Over the years we played dozens of games against each other.  And it was hard.  I lost nearly every time.  Either my mom was pretty good at playing Scrabble or she cheated. 

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