It was churning day, and there was baking to be done, and the mending was behindhand, and the children needed clothes […]

Alexandre: "You cannot sort their problems. It's not your job or within your gift, and we want to hand them to their support. Your role is to have a short conversation to make them feel non-suicidal, to get them to a safe place from where they can be given further help.

Well, “slithy” means “lithe and slimy”. “Lithe” is the same as “active”. You see it’s like a portmanteau – there are two meanings packed up into one word.

Printed programs for solemn events such as church services, commencements, funerals and memorial services, dedications, and awardings of social recognition of one sort or another often list genres of talk […]