Tabs on Writing

Tweet Recently, former New York Giant football quarterback legend, Y.A. Tittle, passed away. In his memory I am re-editing an old blog post from 2013.   Many moons ago, the Tabs on Writing blogger (aka the Atlanta Freelance Writer) was the sports editor for his high school newspaper. Under his byline called–not coincidentally–Tabs on Sports, he had […]

Tweet Though rarely used in everyday conversation or writing except in humorous or ironic contexts, Merriam-Webster tells us that forsooth is formed from the combination of the preposition for and the old English noun sooth meaning “truth” or “true.” Thus, taking that logically to the next step, a sooth-sayer is one who can accurately predict the future. The […]

Tweet If you’ve noticed people taking animals into churches this week it’s because Wednesday, October 4th, was the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, who believed that nature itself was the mirror of God, calling creatures his “brothers” and “sisters”, even preaching to the birds. Thus, on Francis’ day, Christian churches bestow a blessing on pets and […]