Karen Limbert Rempel

Transhumance: the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer. #newoldwords

Peregrination: a long and meandering journey, often on foot. #newoldwords

"For Matthew Arnold, the 19th century author to whom we owe the term, the zeitgeist is much more than the prevailing world view at a given time in history. It’s a force that influences events. A dehumanizing zeitgeist is something to be resisted." An interesting take on an often misused word. Seems relevant, even though the post is 10 years old. https://www.dailywritingtips.com/using-zeitgeist-coherently/

#Celebrating40Years #BuildingTheNext40 #Célébrons40Ans #BâtissonsLesProchains40

Never leave your keyboard unattended when there are cats around.

My Habitica party has posted a gratitude challenge for October, and the To-Do list item is to read this article: There was nothing in it that I didn’t already know, but it was a badly needed reminder nonetheless. I notice that we are steeped in negativity wherever we go. It is fun to complain and gossip and find fault, and it gives [ 549 more words ] https://karenlimbertrempel.wordpress.com//a-habitude-of-g/

Never before have I been more keenly aware of the effect of the narrative on my state of mind, my ability to relate to other people, and my ability to work. An unfortunate and unexpected outcome of the global pandemic for me has been heightened annoyance with my father, who is to date safe from harm and also geographically out of my reach thousands of kilometres away. [ 1,814 more word ] https://klrconsulting.ca/values-ideology-and-the-narrative/

Photo by Pixabay, from Pexels.com In my work, I come across aims, goals and objectives all the time. You would think by now that I would have figured out what these words actually mean. But alas, today I got mired in the mud and went down the rabbit hole, and decided that these words are only as useful as the extent to which they are clearly defined in the context they are used. [ 1,134 more word ] https://klrconsulting.ca/goals-and-objectives/

Ever heard of "fuzzy logic"? It's all about teaching a computer to think in shades of grey: Fuzzy logic is an approach to computing based on "degrees of truth" rather than the usual "true or false" (1 or 0) Boolean logic on which the modern computer is based. The idea of fuzzy logic was first advanced by Dr. Lotfi Zadeh of the University of California at Berkeley in the 1960s. #whoknew

Here's a thing: mucus is a noun and mucous is the adjective. So mucus comes from mucous glands. #whoknew

The bay leaf is the laurel - who knew? Mostly, though, this is just a fun read.