Word: figuredness
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BARCELONA—Before leaving for Spain, I brushed up on my Spanish by reviewing the nuances of idiomatic expressions and practicing my accent, hoping for a shot at being mistaken for a local, or at least, a Spanish speaker. My preparation however, fell far short of my goal. To...
LOS ANGELES—Times Square makes some think of a seedy part of town from days gone by. Others think of towering buildings and blinding lights. I think of a chance event that renewed my faith in the kindness of others. Three weeks ago I embarked on a trip...
Ah, the town of my childhood. The sound of ice cubes slipping around a low-ball glass half-full of whiskey was in the background whenever I called my friends' parents. It sounded glamorous and slightly sinful to my 10-year-old ears. When I walked over to my friends...
They are good people, and they have tried to do well by me. But the relationship was definitely parent-child, in all the best ways and in some of the difficult ways. The things that made me conventional were celebrated, and the things that made me unconventional were not celebrated...
You seemed to have figured it out.