The Sill of the World

agreeable We watch a movie and wonder why it was made. But we don't wonder why we're watching it to the end. The couch is comfortab...

appeasing The small box of chocolates is a gift of appeasement, and I'm pleased to be appeased at this moment. bite-sized It's i...

aquatics They've booked a room next to an indoor swimming pool. During each pause in the lecture, we hear splashing and giggles. biza...

answered On the train, a toddler keeps asking why the doors aren't closing yet. His mom rephrases her answer several times, providing e...

artistry They give me a beautifully crafted card. It opens like a red flower with many delicate petals. boneheaded Two teenaged boys tak...

I’m talking about the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, Beauty and Sadness , which I had begun to read for the Classics Club Challenge . The sta...

assumption I mention a recent interest I've taken in plants, and he mistakenly assumes that I'm talking about cannabis. enactment...