Sandra H.
Subscriber since: March 2012
About Me
Psychotherapist, love animals and nature, pantheistic. Water is so healing and spiritual, love to swim.
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Favorite Word:

compassion
Reverence for all living things.
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Least Favorite Word:

ignorance
Ignorance, fear and greed are the causes of inhumanity to others, and all living things.
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Favorite Quote:

"By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive. Albert Schweitzer Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/albert_schweitzer.html#ixzz1odWSWifo"
- Albet Schweitzer

Favorite Topics:

Books:

"Because Internet": Celebrating the Way We Talk Online
July 17, 2019 - 3 Comments
Hotter Than the Doones' Bonfire in July
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 1, 2019 - 7 Comments

Creativity:

"Disruptive" Names
October 24, 2018 - 3 Comments
Why I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill
October 18, 2018

Dictionaries:

Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries
June 21, 2019 - 4 Comments
The Most Influential Lexicographer You've Never Heard Of
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Fun:

Interior Enforcement and Other Freedom Logs
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers August 7, 2019 - 1 Comment
Euphemism of the Year? Spreading Freedom Pucky
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 9, 2019 - 3 Comments

How to write:

How to Become More Interested in What You're Writing
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Are You Really a Perfectionist?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 23, 2019 - 2 Comments

Language:

The Notional Space of the Digital World
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers August 1, 2019 - 4 Comments
Euphemism of the Year? Spreading Freedom Pucky
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 9, 2019 - 3 Comments

Libraries:

Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011 - 4 Comments

Linguistics:

The Notional Space of the Digital World
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers August 1, 2019 - 4 Comments
"Because Internet": Celebrating the Way We Talk Online
July 17, 2019 - 3 Comments

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

Reading:

How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018 - 5 Comments
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018 - 2 Comments

Spelling:

2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014 - 7 Comments

Storytelling:

Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014 - 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments

Students:

2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014 - 12 Comments

Teachers:

The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015 - 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015 - 2 Comments

Teaching:

Teach Your Children Well
February 1, 2019 - 5 Comments
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015 - 4 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Vocabulary:

A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
January 11, 2017
Getting the Low-down on Up-classify
July 14, 2016 - 2 Comments

Word Origins:

The Notional Space of the Digital World
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers August 1, 2019 - 4 Comments
"Deep" Thoughts
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 17, 2019 - 1 Comment

WordMasters:

WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011

Words:

French Letters and Their Uses
December 3, 2018 - 5 Comments
Like Wildfire
November 21, 2018 - 1 Comment