Gryphon's Word of the Day, March 5, 2008

The word for today, March 5, 2008 is "celebrate" — transitive verb — 1: to perform (a sacrament or solemn ceremony) publicly and with appropriate rites [celebrate the mass]. 2 a: to honor (as a holiday) especially by solemn ceremonies or by refraining from ordinary business. b: to mark (as an anniversary) by festivities or other deviation from routine. 3: to hold up or play up for public notice. [her poetry celebrates the glory of nature]. — intransitive verb — 1: to observe a holiday, perform a religious ceremony, or take part in a festival. 2: to observe a notable occasion with festivities.

A birthday party, sort of, at our house today. Lloyd is seventy-eight years old today.

Shown here with a staff member of the Oregon Vortex last May, Lloyd had been enjoying his retirement since 1996, until the Altsheimer's syndrome started to take away his time sense and concentration.

He is allowing me to drive and to see to his schedule these days. Still, he is able to have rational conversations and enjoy playing with his dog. We will have salmon patties with baked beans and a green salad with cupcakes for dessert. As an added attraction, Cyb's mother-in-law is in town for a conference, so I have invited her over for the "festivities."

Our quote for the day is from Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. Speech, August 11, 1841, at Waterville College, Maine before the Society of the Adelphi. “The Method of Nature,” Nature, Addresses, and Lectures (1849):

     We ought to celebrate this hour by expressions of manly joy. Not thanks,
     not prayer seem quite the highest or truest name for our communication with
     the infinite,—but glad and conspiring reception,—reception that becomes giving
     in its turn, as the receiver is only the All-Giver in part and infancy.

 

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