In a Word
There’s a word on a Draper Street sidewalk in Blacksburg carved in cement that I love. It says WORD. I wondered then and I continue to wonder who carved it there and why. Maybe someone always wanted to carve a word in wet cement and so they did, literally. It makes me think about the line in the Bible… In the beginning there was the WORD, and sometimes I have the urge to add an L and change it into WORLD.
I found this challenge at ONE WORD:
One hundred nouns. No adverbs, no adjectives. Describing oneself. Go…
Clothespins
Slippers
Mozzarella
Alphabet
Sky
Notebook
Shamrock
Birdhouse
Typewriter
Broom
Lyric
Jar
Sidebar
Sidewalk
Thesaurus
Seawall
Shadow
Mascara
Blueberry
Pen
Tides
Bangs
Roses
Teabag
Collage
Kaleidoscope
Envelope
Cemetery
Polaroid
Couch
Pocket
Omelet
Calendar
Nautilus
Crown
Woodstove
Pesto
Periwinkle
Microphone
Pearl
Crosswords
Questions
Faucets
Closets
Eyes
Zinnia
Island
Ribbon
Scissors
Swing
What words would you use to describe yourself?
February 25th, 2006 10:23 am
Can’t come up with 100. Here are a few …garden, crossstitch, book, piano, cd, dvd, pasta, cap & digital camera.
Cheers from Michele.
February 25th, 2006 10:25 am
word to your mothah
February 25th, 2006 10:29 am
Far less than 100, I’ll tell you that with no charge, Colleen. Of course for a writer like you, 100 words might come to mind a lot easier. For the rest of us, creating words is a laborious practice.
I think I’ve mentioned it before but I really like the name Colleen. Most of my favorite names are Irish–with Heather at the top of the list. I’m going to do an Irish themed post either today or tomorrow and your name certainly echoes strong in my mind as a result.
February 25th, 2006 10:31 am
No adverbs or adjectives? I will have to think about that for a while!
Your list is good!
February 25th, 2006 10:37 am
Wow, it has to be a noun.
Animals
Trees
Daisies
Lipstick
Sequins
Candles
Islands
Heart
coffee mug, though I am detoxing this week and can’t have any…That would the first that come to mind.
I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far…I have never noticed that word or I had forgotten it…I lived in Blacksburg for one year with my brother while he went to Tech and I went to Radford.
February 25th, 2006 10:40 am
The WORD is in front of where the old Mish Mish used to be. I would walk by it most days on my way from Seeds of Light to Gillies at lunch time.
February 25th, 2006 10:41 am
Loved your discriptive nouns. Hmmm.. I will have to think on this for myself.
February 25th, 2006 11:21 am
Wow, that is a challenge. So many nouns. Your list is interesting.
February 25th, 2006 11:48 am
Lovely challenge! decided to think about it with my coffee and list 10 nouns, came up with 11:
coffee
woman
air
muffin
plant
sun
pencil
letter
walnut
book
oregano
February 25th, 2006 11:55 am
I would add to yours: Mother, Daughter, Sister, Writer, Pioneer.
February 25th, 2006 1:21 pm
My daughter and her friends, when they think something is awesome say “word!”. I don’t have a clue where they came up with it.
February 25th, 2006 2:33 pm
I could probably come up with 100 but it would take some thought. Off the top of my head, I’ve got: cat, culture, shoes, fire, coffee, opera, ocean, downtown, light, outside (that’s kind of a preposition but it’s also a noun… it’s a place), and bagel.
February 25th, 2006 3:09 pm
Boy this is a hard task or is it that I am just boring….
February 25th, 2006 6:37 pm
Nice list. My mom always finds shamrocks. It is one of the skills I didn’t inherit from her. But she shares them. She said she found one the other day growing in the crack in a sidewalk in downtown Miami, she just had a feeling it would be there.
February 25th, 2006 6:40 pm
Ok here are a few but not 100!
Cereal
Blog
camera
Falicia
Brandon
Katie
Julia
Daniel
Computer
Laptop
School
Tv
bills
bank account
calendar
socks
shoes
bed.
February 25th, 2006 9:30 pm
Wow. That was fun. My brain’s too tired, but I’ll finish the challenge… tomorrow 😛
February 25th, 2006 10:46 pm
(1-10) pen notebook cats hugs glasses coffee manuscript camera Runes spirit (11-20) sculpture music computer diary dance paper ink colors thermals T-shirts (21-30) sneakers hairclip CDs radio tapes clouds forest city paint sketches (31-40) bibliography website trails insects birds adventures moon stars planets books (41-50) piano songs letters laughter love recyclables walks chocolate sunrise sunset (51-60) Muse acrylics drafts rewrites characters conversation hope collage dreams dictionary (61-70) thesaurus quotations poetry visions outreach questions awe play work trance (71-80) voice subway (you can take the gal away from the subway but you can’t take the subway outta the gal) Brooklyn (ditto) comforter wood perseverance optimist transcriber clutter art (81-90) home trees memories imagination teacher student altar journey calligraphy quest (91-100) determination movement crispbread tuna soymilk peanuts raisins time space rebirth
February 25th, 2006 10:51 pm
That’s a good one. I’ve not seen that meme yet, maybe I’ll try it one day!
February 26th, 2006 12:18 am
Since it’s after midnight and since right after I got in from work, I went directly to the hooked rug I’m making – I think I’ll boil it down to one word. RUG.
It’s not as strange as it sounds, when you think of making rugs as an active meditation…or when you think of making rugs as a creative pursuit with a beginning and an end…or when you think of rugs as making color…or when you think of rugs as making our homes warm and friendly…or when you think of making rugs as beauty…or when you think of making rugs as creation…or when you think of making rugs as “one of a kind”…or when you think of making rugs as love.
February 26th, 2006 6:22 am
Very Very interesting Colleen..I’ll have to come back and do this when it’s not so late and I’m not so tired! (lol)…Going off to Zzzzzzzland now!
February 26th, 2006 8:36 am
just one…
children
my life is full of them
February 26th, 2006 6:59 pm
Wow! I absolutely love this idea. I think it will be a project for me tomorrow to do my own list. I love projects. 🙂 And lists. 🙂
February 27th, 2006 11:46 am
Wow, that would be tough… 100 nouns… I’ll have to think about that one. Michele sent me today – have a great day!