Confessions of a Dawdler

What, you might ask, are “dawdlers”?  We can remember  the word “dawdle” because it rhymes coincidentally with the word, “waddle”.  Ducks are “waddlers”. There is a certain relationship between the two words since both have to do with a more relaxed and less rapid style of locomotion. The word “dawdle sprung from the roots of […]

Drawing a Straight Line

” I never HAVE been able to draw a straight line!” you groan. “Sure you can!” I reply. “It’s really not as hard as you think. Go get a pencil and a piece of paper”  The Line Trick “Most of us, when we first try to draw a straight line, don’t stop to think about […]