Did
you know that if you're participating in the 2013 A-Z Challenge, or
have participated in any of the past challenges, we'd love to
showcase your ideas here at The A-Z Blog? Today's brilliant ideas
are brought to you by M.J Joachim who blogs at Lots of Crochet Stitches and FOUR others. Here's how to find them all: Follow M.J in one stop-shopping! (I'm not a shopper...I like one stop...)
On your
mark!
Ready!
Set!
Go!
And they’re
off, all participating in this year’s Scavenger Hunt for Alphabet Words!
Here are a few clues, to help you on your way!
Online Alphabet Word References
There are
oodles of places to find A – Z word lists online. I discovered this last year
by Googling, “words that begin with x.”
Wish I’d found this out much earlier in the Challenge, I must say!
You can also
get a little more specific and look up things like “scientific terms beginning
with letter _” or “recipes beginning with letter _.”
Another easy
thing to do is type (define:word – whatever the word may be) into Mr. Google’s search
engine URL. You can also do this for synonyms, antonyms and homonyms, btw. It
will search for sites to help you. Then you can click on the link and open up a
virtual Pandora’s Box, containing words with links to new words, with links to
new words…and so on, and so on and so on…
Bring it on Home
It takes a
keen observer, and it might be an unexpected chance to clean out your garage,
but most people have numerous things they’ve collected over the years, many named
with at least one letter of the alphabet, some containing multiple words –
things like books, movies, records and food & product labels. This sounds
like an opportunity, if ever there was one!
Out and About
I might be stating
the obvious by mentioning the library here, but what about all those other
places you go like restaurants, museums, amusement parks, theaters, retail
shops etc. etc. etc.? If you spend any length of time there, you’re bound to
find at least a few bits of jargon for posts that might be puzzling you.
Don’t forget
the great outdoors, when looking for words to write your posts! Start naming
all those trees, plants and shrubs. Break down the animals by species, habits,
diets and food chain levels. Not enough for you? How many shades of gray do you
see when it rains? Is the sunset pink, orange or mauve? Does the wind shriek,
lament or whisper?
It’s a
challenge, but it’s not hard…
Not if you
know where to look, that is!
Wow, that was some really great advice! Now we have no excuses for Q, Z, X or whatever may be stumping us on a particular day. We appreciate you sharing this with us!
~ Tina (contact me, see contact tab, if you have ideas you'd like to share at this blog)
Wow, that was some really great advice! Now we have no excuses for Q, Z, X or whatever may be stumping us on a particular day. We appreciate you sharing this with us!
~ Tina (contact me, see contact tab, if you have ideas you'd like to share at this blog)
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