Making Two Words Into New Words

by Kevin Burton    Great stews and new sandwiches are born of imagination and the proper use of resources at hand. Sometimes we get words that way too.    Two words combine, in whole or in part, to form a whole new word that though previously not a word, is immediately understandable.    For example, …

Plans Evaporate Into A Dose Of Real Life

by Kevin Burton    One day at the Ohio State School for the Blind, my roommates and I put a sign on our door: “No houseparents allowed.”    We were two fourth graders and a third grader, establishing boundaries, setting up rules.    In due time the houseparent, Kitty Thomason, walked by and read our …