Sunday, February 08, 2009





It is best to make up words in Scrabble (and, naturally, their definitions). I think so.


This morning:

zev: the number 10 in Hebrew

Selzfa: Zeus' wife's nickname

veawe: a polite address to a Spanish-speaking grandmother, when asking her to do something

Jtmuri: an ancient Central Asian tribe (the "j" is pronounced like a "y")

wewu: the name of a skin disease in Mayan (accent on the second syllable)

firny: the quality of a spot in a fossil where it is soft or goes to powder



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About Me

I came to Minneapolis from southern California this May to help my 88-year-old mother care for my 86-year-old father. He fell last November, and then declined cognitively for a month as his bones healed at a rehab facility under quarantine. He hasn't undeclined. Before retiring in the 1990s, he was a theater critic, & still seems to have some of his self-confidence and wit alongside vascular dementia, Parkinsonisms, incontinence and real trouble walking. Given his otherwise-ok health, he might still have some tolerable years ahead, though with new parameters. My mom's a novelist. She seems made of iron.