From the OED online: Futz: [Origin uncertain; perh. alteration of Yiddish arumfartzen (Amer. Speech (1943) XVIII. 43).] intr. To loaf, waste time, mess around. From Merriam-Webster online: Main Entry: futz Pronunciation: ˈfəts Function: intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps part modification, part translation of Yiddish arumfartsn zikh, literally, to fart around Date: circa 1930 slang : fool …
Today I was thrilled to find The First Novels Club blog, full of fun and info-filled posts by four writers who met in a Writing for Children workshop and decided to form their own critique group: “October, 2007: We draft rough versions of what will become our first novels (YA contemporary fantasy for Frankie, YA …
I am beginning to understand that my most valuable trading is done not with activities or events or money, but with my own thoughts and the choices I make every day in my mind.
Let’s talk about making lists. I don’t know what I like more about Patricia Morrisroe’s “More Than Enough Hours in Every Day”: the author’s mother-in-law’s red spiral notebook filled with book lists, or the thought that I might need less sleep as I age and will have more time to do all the things I …
Yesterday at Wisconsin Dells I got to 200,000: Miles, that is, not words. When we bought the car in 1995, I had no idea we would still own it now, much less if or when we would reach this milestone. Yesterday I was so excited that I took an exit when the odometer was getting …