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Our word of the week is Astute.
Meriam Webster defines astute as:
having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever
In my opinion astute is not a pleasant sounding word (sharp, clever or “on the ball” sound much better). However astuteness is an admirable attribute, so if someone referred to me as being astute I would certainly consider it a compliment.
Now the astute reader (of my blog) may have noticed that there is no “Word of the Week – Week # 26”. They may even want to call me out on it, to which I would applaud them for paying attention and thank then for being a loyal reader. I would also apologize though I have no excuse; I didn’t forget, I wasn’t too busy, I have not been ill and I am not on vacation. For some reason I just was not able to coordinate my mind with my body in order to produce that post.
Again I apologize and hopefully this post will get me back on track for the remainder of the year.
Thanks for reading.
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I like words and maybe that is because I’m part of the generation that carried a MW dictionary around as a student. It seems pretty funny these days to remember that because now we carry an entire library around in our smart phone.
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We still have a couple dictionaries and a thesaurus on the shelf and refer to them when a word is in question. Old school – I know – but it works. 🙂
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I’m with you on that – astute just sounds weird. Not sure what’s wrong with it. I feel that if astute was a person, it would feel too good to be around others.
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Thanks for affirming my thoughts. 🙂
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That’s funny, Ruth. Sometimes things just don’t come together, do they? 😊 Hope you have a be-a-blessing-to-someone kind of week.
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So true! That would make it a great week!
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Your blogs are a blessing. I enjoy them when they come, but I haven’t actually been keeping track. Retirement life has shown us that time slips away so very quickly. And coordinating mind and body has not always been easy. Don’t worry about missing one post. Love ya!
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Thanks K.C. I know the feeling of time slipping away. ❤
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I was behind in Reader (caught up but not today’s post) and I would have just assumed you’ve been busy dealing with Mother Nature’s mischief.
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Love the dandelions.
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Thanks! Me too. 🙂
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I recently read that we should “live by grace not perfection” .I don’t know where I read it or who to credit for it. I do think it should be a daily reminder. I love to read what you post, but everyone should have a week off now and then.
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Ah very true or perhaps it should say that we “must live by grace” as perfection is something we will not achieve in this lifetime. Thanks for being a faithful reader. ❤
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I would NEVER notice a missed number.
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LOL! I’m sure most of my readers would not notice and if they did would not mind. But I knew.
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