Good Morning, Digital Neighbors! Happy Tuesday to all you fine souls milling around on Rubin Report, Phetasy, Outspoken, and at Padre’s. Today’s word of the day from The Little Book of Lost Words is quidnunc. I think of Gladys Kravitz from Bewitched when I think of the best TV portrayal of such a person.
I often think that people are gossipy in proportion to the lack of meaning in their life: the less meaningful your life, the more apt you are to gossip or meddle. Probably just an assumption on my part, but the gossipiest people I have witnessed in church circles often seem to be those with too much unscripted time or too few occupations to keep them engaged. What do they say about idle hands being the devil’s workshop? While I don’t recommend being busy for the sake of being busy, I do recommend having your mind focused on something better than your neighbor’s faults. Happy Tuesday, digital neighbors!
Quidnunc Noun | kwid-nuhngk | Eighteenth century. English. A gossipy or meddlesome person.
The lunchroom had its daily gathering of quidnuncs during the break.
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Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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