Reminiscing

As I drink my tea, gazing out the window, I ponder the differences between reminiscing and merely remembering.

Reminiscing conjures romantic images of the past.

while remembering seems commonplace, like something you do everyday.

Re-membering means to put the pieces together, like a puzzle. (recollect is a synonym for remember.)

Reminiscing is more like lounging on a hammock...

I am doing a presentation about Memory Enhancement with Hypnosis on August 11. Maybe if we call them remincences instead of memories...

Utterly Amazing

"That's utterly amazing," she uttered. She must have been watching John Weir at the NGH convention. That's what I thought when I saw him demonstate the NLP technique of collapsing anchors under hypnosis at his workshop last weekend!

Utter is a verb, which means to vocalize, express or pronounce; also to put forth or out, send.

Utter is also an adjective, which means absolute, total.

Utterly is an adverb which means extremely, totally.

So how are these related? They all come from Old English, ut, which means out.

Sometimes my blogs are related. For more about John's amazing demonstration, see Verbal Impact (link on upper right).