So, I had honestly expected to have something more interesting to depict on my journal today. After all, I have (once again) been awake way too long, but I am currently in our Nations Capital for the annual visits to our elected officials. Always a worthwhile event, and although the commute was nothing terribly difficult, I am tired. Much about this city is overwhelming, much about this city is awe inspiring, much about this city is frustrating, and much about this city is over-rated. BUT, it is just one of four or five opportunities on an annual basis to meet-up and network with my friends and colleagues from across the country, those loyal and dedicated persons that make my profession the one that it is. But I digress. If you can figure out the significance on the picture that accompanies this journal entry, it will go a long way in explaining everything to you.
Burgeon -- Verb. 1a. to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches). sprout. 1b. bloom. 2. to grow and expand rapidly. flourish. The trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean.
Did You Know? Burgeon comes from the Middle English word burjonen, which is from the Anglo-French burguner; both mean "to bud or sprout." Burgeon is often used figuratively, as when P.G.Wodehouse used it in Joy in the Morning: "I weighed this. It sounded promising. Hope began to burgeon." Usage commentators have objected to the use of burgeon to mean "to flourish" or "to grow rapidly," insisting that any figurative use should stay true to the word's earliest literal meaning and distinguish budding or sprouting from subsequent growing. But the sense of burgeon that indicates growing or expanding and prospering (as in "the burgeoning music scene" or "the burgeoning international market") has been in established use for decades and is, in fact, the most common use of burgeon today.
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