Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Power of Landspeak
Jul 2, 2015-- 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. (7761 reads)
Read Full Story
Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may again touch one another.
Salman Rushdie
Upcoming Stories
Subscribe to DailyGood
We've sent daily emails for over 16 years, without any ads. Join a community of 152,724 by entering your email below.
- Email: