I am being stalked by a blue-footed booby. Carrie (my work wife) and another friend Janis returned from the galapagos and Machu Picchu over the weekend. Carrie brought me back this little booby that now proudly sits on my desk.It is interesting that we now can share some memories from places we have both been. It was a great trip back (a long time ago) when Jody and I did a similar trip, only in reverse to the one that Carrie and Janis did.Welcome to the work day after a Holiday. Traffic SUCKED this morning, it might tie for the longest commute ever with no evidence of a wreck on the way. Just traffic, and lots of it. Ugh. I am resolved to leave earlier in the morning.
My count on the buzzards is 24. See the entry from yesterday if you have no idea what I am talking about.
Amity -- Noun. friendship; especially: friendly relations between nations. "Cousin friendships really are special. They provide an unmatched level of amity...without rivalries that often exist between siblings." Helaine Becker, Today's Parent, June 2006
Did You Know? Amity has been used in English to describe friendship or friendliness for well over 500 years. It is derived from the Latin word for "friend," amicus, and has come to be used especially for relationships between political leaders and nations in which goodwill is shown despite differences that might exist between the two parties. Amicus is also the root of the adjectives amiable and amicable. Amiable implies having qualities that make one liked and easy to deal with-for example, "The owners of the bed-and-breakfast were very amiable." Amicable is closer in meaning to amity: It implies friendliness and politeness with the desire to avoid disagreement and argument. A relationship between coworkers might be described as amicable. Other family members of amicus are the Spanish amigo ("friend") and the antonymous enemy, which developed from the Latin combination of the prefix in- ("not") with amicus.
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