It’s year-end wrap-up time. I love reading all kinds of lists that encompass the mood of the the past year, but my favorite has to be the words of 2019. Miriam Webster’s list is a mix of politics and culture.
- They
- Quid pro quo
- Crawdad
- Egregious
- Clemency
- The
- Snitty
- Tergiversation
- Camp
- Exculpate
When looking back at my top posts of the year, I at least find two of these words. I think you know which two, although probably not in the context Miriam Webster was thinking.
To figure out what my words of 2019 were, I decided to create word cloud for each of my most read posts. All in all, not a bad list of words.
Book Review of Anne Lamott’s Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
This post included quotes from Anne Lamott’s new book and a discussion of a lecture I attended where the author spoke.
A Trip to the Far-out World of California Desert Art
This post includes notes on a trip to Joshua Tree, Salvation Mountain, East Jesus, and some lesser known desert art installations.
How Long Does it Take to Write a Memoir?
It took me a long time to write my memoir. I wrote this post to answer some of the questions I had before I started writing mine.
How to Journal for Motivation and Creativity
The words here don’t surprise me either, since this one is obviously about creativity and motivation and using some journal prompts to jump start both.
Remember That!? Driving Across the Country to See a Yucca Plant
This post was written in response to a prompt on another bloggers site. It was a fun memory about, you guessed it, olden days when we had to drive places to see things like yucca plants.
I like my words better than the political ones and look forward to seeing what my words of next year will be.