Words, words, words

Do you have favorite words in your head that you use often? Not curse words that you use because you can’t think of the real word you really want to use. Words that pop into your conversation that you never tire of, but hope others don’t notice that you use them too often. Some words just roll around your tongue like a favorite dessert, and lay there feeding your innards. Some words take practice, repeating them over and over until they roll out like it was something natural for you to say. Like fettucine, linguine, prosciutto, funghi freschi, castagne, zuppa inglese. Forgive the food names, I’ve just finished reading ‘Poet of the Appetites” The Lives and Loves of MFK Fisher by Joan Reardon and it’s still sitting just under my surface. Her foods were French but mine are Italian. Once you conquer the correct sounds of words that are difficult at first try, they become fun to say.

A few of the words I use too often are delighted, sensuous, passion, positive, synchronicity and enjoy. I love all those words. The most recent word to creep into my flow of words, slowly and quietly, is “y’all.”