Kearth’s Korner

(idd-ee-ums—you’re welcome) You know, the first time I heard the word “idiom,” it went in one ear and out the other. Did you catch that? I just worked an idiom into the conversation. Pretty smooth. Go me. If you don’t really know what an idiom is, it’s a phrase or expression that often sounds like nonsense but has a meaning—hidden, maybe—that the writer or speaker is trying to get across in an interesting way. For example, the...

I love songs. Here’s an old classic, even though I just made it up. Just now. Exactly at this moment.  Are you ready? I’ll warn you now…it’s catchy. (Sung to the tune of anything you want.) Ramble on Ramble on Ramble, ramble, ramble on Ramble on, ramble on Ramble on, ramble Ramble on Ramble on… Stop. (Just kidding.) Ramble on, ramble on Everybody ramble on Ramble on, ramble on Ramble, ramble, ramble Ramble on, babble on, Ramble,...

Rol here. You know, it’s important to start your day off in a good direction. One of the best ways to do that is to pray before you get out of bed. And two quick prayers I recommend to start things in motion are: God, what can I do for you? Please help me to be a blessing to someone today. Now, the answer to the first prayer may actually be the second prayer, so let’s focus on that. Being a blessing to someone each day can mean many...

I feel thwarted. Do you ever feel thwarted? I feel thwarted. So thwarted. Last week, I went to the marketplace merchants and tried to get them to make every Saturday a “Kearth is the Best, He’s Our Guest Day,” and they would give me food and more food (I like food) on that day each week—as much as I want. They chuckled and said, “Not gonna happen, Kearth.” My sincere efforts were thwarted. Yesterday, I went to the town council and...

Flibbertigibbet. That’s all I have to say, really. I think that’s all I have to say. How can I say anything else? Why would I say anything else? What else can I say? What else would I say? What else? I wonder. I can’t think of anything else to say. Nothing else. Nothing at all. Nothing. Well… Maybe one thing. Maybe just one thing. The thing is… I can’t think of anything else to say. There. I said it. I just went ahead and said it. So...

The other day someone said to me, “You can go bother…er…spend time with someone else for a while. That would be just great.” I take that as a compliment, because they meant I can both spend time with and do great things for someone. That’s what I think they meant. Maybe they said it differently than I would, but I know what they were trying to say, even if they don’t speak quite as ultra-eloquently-like and non-unclearly as I do. When...