Algot @Algot@mastodon.art

Monday Mumble

For those who are (or might become) fans of Sunday's weekly "Wicked Wonderful Wordies" visual idiom #Puzzles --

There are currently 35 sets of 12 wordies in PDF format available.

Direct your browser to:

http://runeman.org/wordies/index.html#sets

Please feel free to share the PDF files with family and friends...even casual acquaintances!

Reminder: a new puzzle will appear here in the fediverse on Sundays...until they run out.

FOLLOWERS

Thank you for linking.
So you know what I'm thinking.
It's coffee I'm drinking.
From hard work, I'm shrinking.

Tomorrow's a dream.
So for today, I'll scheme.
Filling out a paperless ream,
With no solid, fixed theme.

It's about using words, of course, but, while an occasional favorite or boost happens, there's little engagement.

A two-part Challenge Proposal:

A) Post a toot using the word in any way, sentence, story, analysis, rhyme...

B) Doodlers and Artists, use the word as the subject of a #SketchChallenge

Get in on the fun of words and visual imagination.

Start today?

Remember to use the #WordOfTheDay hashtag, of course.

Thanks to anyone who decides to follow this account.

I have a habit of responding to all who do so, but this is a second account, and I may mess up when trying to determine who is a new follower and who is "also" following after connecting by way of my mastodon.cloud account.

It is not my intent to litter myself all over the fediverse. I will see how things go. I've made connections with several others on mastodon.art and think I'll feel at home here while NOT restricting my toots to artistic attempts. It looks like the instance won't generally mind.

Words have art in them, too.

Good luck to all of us.

Strength to the fediverse through the efforts of individuals.

Rain runs through our gutters
And drips down by the shutters,
A day to sit and watch TV
While watering the lawn for free.

#SmallPoems

@jdmarraccini

Thank you for connecting.

Your Penguicon event sounds very cool.

My own time in Michigan was along the east shore of Lake Michigan.

I have passed by Detroit a few times, but except for reading about it in novels, have no direct experience that I recall.

Are you local to the Detroit area yourself?

Have fun.
Be creative.
Be safe.

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

gentle summer rain
patters upon my windshield
driving for donuts

#SundayHaiku
#CLMOOC
#SmallPoems

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: keep at it

#WordOfTheDay

mummer

Pronunciation /ˈmʌmə/
noun
1 An actor in a traditional masked mime or a mummers' play.
1.1 archaic, derogatory An actor in the theatre.

Origin
Late Middle English from Old French momeur, from momer ‘act in a mime’; perhaps of Germanic origin.

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*Mime, My, My*

Hank Hornsby was a new mummer
His first time on stage was this summer.
And he turned out to be a real hummer
Because he couldn't have been more silent.

Buggy Politics

Though, to this point, at least, nobody has complained, the image for the original #WordOfTheDay post for today has a glaring flaw.

I'm simply going to post an updated version of the illustration and leave it as an extra #Puzzle for you to decide if you notice the problem.

#WordOfTheDay

deference

Pronunciation /ˈdɛf(ə)r(ə)ns/
noun
mass noun
Polite submission and respect.

Origin
Mid 17th century from French déférence, from déférer ‘refer’ (see defer).

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Yes, I'll write you a reference.
It will be full of pretense,
Or, at best, lots of nonsense.
But in full deference,
And if you prefer,
To our boss, I'll gladly defer.

#WordOfTheDay

ceremony

Pronunciation /ˈsɛrɪməni/
noun ceremonies
1 A formal religious or public occasion, especially one celebrating a particular event, achievement, or anniversary.
1.1 An act or series of acts performed according to a traditional or prescribed form.

Origin
from Old French ceremonie or Latin caerimonia ‘religious worship’, (plural) ‘ritual observances’.

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Worldwide, televisions are tuned to the opening ceremonies of the summer Olympic Games from Tokyo, Japan.

Do people with certain fetishes go down on their knee and ask another for their foot in marriage?