Nouns and Verbs is our weekly challenge where we write about what specific words mean to us. Join in the fun via the comment section, telling us how or why these ordinary nouns and verbs are meaningful to you. This week we’re thinking about WATER.
The word WATER makes me think of how much water I need to drink and how much water I don’t drink. Even with every grocery and convenient store in town filled with selections of bottled water (boo hiss), I can’t seem to drink the 64-ounces that the health gurus advocate.
I think it was that great American, Lewis Grizzard, who wrote, “I’m so glad my father didn’t live to see people buying water.” Although I’ve purchased my share of bottled water, these days I’m trying to use good old-fashioned water fountains. Here lately, I drink from every fountain I can find. Incidentally, my top pick for the best water fountain in town is the one at Chesemore Clinic on Morton Street. It’s a fantastic fountain and really should be included as part of the employee benefits package. A great runner up is the fountain at City Hall.
My funniest water fountain story happened in church, when I was about nine. I was hanging around by the water fountain before the service when our minister came flying down the hall, his black robe flapping behind him. He had apparently forgotten about a baptism that was to occur that morning. As he passed me, he pitched the solid gold baptism bowl (ok, it was brass, but it looked like gold to a nine-year-old) my way and yelled, “Quick, fill this up.”
I was stunned. I knew that only holy water was supposed to go in that bowl, and I had no idea where holy water came from. As it turns out, it comes right out of the water fountain.
I guess all water is important, in fact, it’s probably all holy - whether it comes from a plastic bottle (boo hiss), that natural spring in the park on the River Road, Chesemore Clinic, City Hall or the water fountain at church.
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3 comments:
Ten good reasons we need water, by Art Nellen
Without it:
Our coffee would be too strong;
We could not launch our boats;
The atmosphere would be quite dry;
How would we bathe?
What would we use to sprinkle our shrubs?
How could we go fishing?
Urination would be very uncomfortable.
Windshield washer solvent would be very expensive;
My dog’s water bowl would be bone dry
It never could replace milk on cereal.
Igor Stravinsky said "Water is for the feet". I hold with that, water is best as a delivery system for coffee, sweet tea, and diet pepsi. Its good for washin' and swimmin' too.
Jon Schwabe- fan of Paris magazine is its hard and virtual formats!
I grew up on the water. My family has had a place on Lake George in Upstate NY for generations. Every summer I spend lots of time in my Adirondack Guideboat, and am about to embark on my 3rd long row on June 21st
www.mrfreirowstowashington.blogspot.com
Last summer I rowed the entire Erie Canal
www.canalroweriecanal.blogspot.com
Two summers before that I rowed from Troy, NY to Baltimore, MD (452 miles) in 13 days
www.thebigrow.blogpost.com
I love sailing too. Have sailed many times in the BVI, as well as the San Juan Islands, and Lake Champlain.
As you can see, water is an integral part of my life!
I think Art Nellen can understand my love for the water!
Al
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