by sue98382 | Jun 11, 2018 | Bon Mots
AHA, I KNEW IT!! The explanation: Brains of older people are slow because they know so much… People do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information In their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer...
by sue98382 | Jun 11, 2018 | Bon Mots
It’s always a good idea to have a disaster readiness kit on hand in the event of a power outage or other, more serious, situation. This means having your own food, water, and other supplies in sufficient quantity to last for at least three days. The Clallam County...
by sue98382 | Jun 11, 2018 | Bon Mots
Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym. You think English is easy?? Read all the way to the end…………….. This took a lot of work to put together! 1) The bandage was wound...
by sue98382 | Jun 11, 2018 | Bon Mots
First time I heard about Paraprosdokians, I liked them. Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and is frequently humorous. (Winston Churchill loved them). 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be...
by sue98382 | Jun 11, 2018 | Bon Mots
Stormwater Stewardship Project from City of Sequim http://www.sequimwa.gov/index.aspx?NID=646 But there is no stormwater runoff here! Stormwater management is about more than stormwater (think streams and groundwater, too), more than runoff (think water quality), and...
by sue98382 | Jun 11, 2018 | Bon Mots
CHILDREN OF THE GREATEST GENERATION (and their children – so they will understand). See last two lines of this article Born in the 1930s and early 40s, we exist as a very special age cohort. We are the Silent Generation. We are the smallest number of children born...
