names | names
Aug.03.2010
August 3
Big Name
My name has a foreign sound; my head turns when it is called. I recognize this as training not identity. I remember teaching the dog her name. I called it while petting and praising her, soon the name was hers. Now, I think of G-d. Did we...
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Mar.19.2010
March 19
If I name it do I know it?
Does emotional proximity necessitate a nearer name? Far off I would be called earthling possibly human. On this plain, female maybe woman; in this country Mrs. Theriault; in my home call me Sherrie, but in my bed hy calls me Baby. Do these names offer...
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Feb.03.2010
“The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers.”
- Marshall McLuhan
True story: A friend told me about someone who had seen a girl’s name written down as La-a. “Is it La?” he asked, stretching out the ah, like it was two syllables. The girl’s mother replied, “That...
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Jan.11.2010
Franz Kafka was, himself, named after (and in honour of) the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Kafka - being Kafka - outlived the empire.
Monarchists march through Prague
ČTK | 11 January 2010 The banners featured Francis Joseph I, the last emperor of Austro-Hungarian monarchy and a Czech...
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Oct.17.2009
Yesterday on Facebook, I asked a question that comes up for the middle-aged, unmarried man or woman who has a partner, a significant other, a lover, a sweetie, a honey, a "man, a "woman," a ball and chain, a companion.
What word to use for that said person that doesn't sound stupid....
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Sep.22.2009
I’ve always been fascinated by the brand names on machines and other products. Our bathroom scale is a Health o meter (sic). The scale in my health club is a Detecto. The centrifuge for drying swimsuits is a Suitmate. The card-operated lock on the locker is a Safe-O-Mat. The combination locks on...
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Jul.29.2009
Red Room has suggested blog entries on things one might have done differently with one's first book, given the benefit of hindsight. Certainly for me that would be choosing a different title! While all my books use Japanese or Japanese-sounding names, some of these are easier than others for the...
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Jul.28.2009
This article,excerpted from http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/18us2.htm ,reminds me of the first time I met my husband's nephews--one called himself Given Name Surname, while his brother used the more traditional Surname, Given name.
"Last name first, First name last, Middle initial,...
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Jul.22.2009
I have just discovered that my other blog when turned into Spanish is all about Lisa and her Windy Little Oak Plantation.
At least, that’s how the internet translator Babelfish interpreted my name, since Gale is a windstorm and Garrigues is a region of scrub oaks along the border of France and...
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Jul.07.2009
I remember when I was starting up my writing/teaching/editing business in Southern California — and how, with everything else that had to be done, what drove me the most insane was choosing a name. With the help of friends, family, alcohol-soaked brainstorming sessions (a few sober ones, too), and...
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