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July 2, 2015

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The Power of Landspeak

Words are finite organs of the infinite mind.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson –

The Power of Landspeak

Under pressure, Oxford University Press revealed a list of the entries it no longer felt relevant to a modern-day childhood, including acorn, bluebell, buttercup, dandelion, ivy, lark, and mistletoe. The outdoor and the natural are displaced by the indoor and the virtual — a small but significant symptom of the simulated life we increasingly live. And what is lost is the power that certain terms possess to enchant our relations with nature and place. { read more }

Be The Change

Remember from your childhood a few meaningful words that express the beauties of nature and bring them into your vocabulary today.

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