A journey that began in 2017 to hike from the tip of South America to the northernmost top of Alaska, a site to learn how to tie all kinds of knots, and learning the history of the English language in 22 minutes are some of the interesting stories I’ve read and enjoyed in the past month.
I hope you enjoy them, too!
Continue reading What I Found Interesting: July 16, 2025
When we’re taught writing, we learn about pronouns: “he,” “she,” “you”, and “they.”
And when I was growing up in school, “you” and “they” were the pronouns we used when we didn’t want to refer to a specific gender.
“You” was used to refer to one person, “they” referred to more than one person.
But that’s changed recently, as “they” is slowly becoming the accepted word to refer to someone in a gender-neutral way.
Continue reading Improving Your Writing: What Is Singular They?
When I was in grade school, I was fascinated with words. We had a Webster’s New American Illustrated Dictionary in our house, and it was common to see me sitting on the floor, reading the dictionary to learn new words.
My parents couldn’t understand my fascination. Why would a nine-year old girl sit inside on a beautiful summer day to read a dictionary? Continue reading TED Talk: Go Ahead, Make Up New Words