Sunday, July 31, 2022

vocabulary lesson

 The most recent vocabulary question on my page a day trivia calendar is "If you have nephophobia, what are you afraid of?" Well, my first guess was nephews, but that's just silly.  I have three nephews and four great nephews and they are all very fine people, not in the least bit scary.  Actually, nephophobia is the fear of clouds.  Over the last few days I have been enjoying the sight of white puffy clouds in beautiful blue skies and it's very hard to imagine them as fear inducing.  But. evidently, having experienced a traumatic weather event, some people do develop a fear of clouds and other weather related phobias.  Personally, I've always loved the feel of strong winds blowing (in the summer, not freezing cold winter winds) and the sight of dark storm clouds rolling in.  But I'm sure this is because I've never lived through a tornado or a hurricane or a flood.  I'm sure such an experience could change my attitude toward clouds, but I'm not in any hurry to find out.

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