bosky \BAH-skee\ adjective

Uncle Vanya and the references to bosky settings were abundant yesterday.

livelong \LIV-lawng\ adjective

When caught up in the details, it's always a good idea to revisit the whole idea.  The big picture often solves many moments along the way.

viva voce \vye-vuh-VOH-see\ adverb

My whole mode of story-telling... I'd write novels, otherwise.

conclave \KAHN-klayv\ noun

Lots of Chamber Music rehearsal and line-learning today.  What a lovely secret assembly of women...

exegesis \ek-suh-JEE-sis\ noun

So much acting today.  So much Chekhov.  So much Greeks.

copious \KOH-pee-us\ adjective

My favorite definition of this one is "2 : full of thought, information, or matter."  I often wonder how best to empty my mind of copious thoughts.  Much easier for some than others, it's often hard for me to quiet the mind to a temperate state.

duende \doo-EN-day\ noun

I'm intrigued by this one today, because it's something that's brought up in actor training: there's always that quality in an actor that is unidentifiable.  You just can't stop watching them onstage.  Not because of looks or even what they're necessarily doing sometimes, (although what they're pursuing onstage hopefully comes along to HOLD the audience's attention once they have it), just a personal magnetism that they naturally possess.

extemporaneous \ek-stem-puh-RAY-nee-us\ adjective

Why not?  And why not today?  And now!  Wahoooooo!

critique \kruh-TEEK\ noun

...and the fine art of learning to take it well.

rabble \RAB-ul\ noun

I've been looking for this exact word all day to describe my mind... hopefully tomorrow's word will be about clarity to counterbalance everything.

abnegate \AB-nih-gayt\ verb

Every day requires a certain amount of surrender for me.  Time to go!

aubade \oh-BAHD\ noun

Tuesday mornings are me mornings off, so there's lots of morning music to be heard.

mutt \MUT\ noun

Since I've already read my National Geographic about dogs this mornings, I'm apprehensive of the flip side of this definition coming my way today.  Or maybe it'll be a sweet doggy.

vade mecum \vay-dee-MEE-kum\ noun

These days I don't go anywhere without my Rocamora translation of Uncle Vanya.

ludic \LOO-dik\ adjective

I need to remember this as my word of the day every day.

ludic \LOO-dik\ adjective

I need to remember this as my word of the day every day.

adulation \aj-uh-LAY-shun\ noun

I did play a slave to Clytemnestra today...

prescind \prih-SIND\ verb

Merriam-Webster calls it prescinding, but I call it a mini mental holiday.

cacography \ka-KAH-gruh-fee\ noun

The Digital Age- removing words from our lexicon bit by bit.

propinquity \pruh-PING-kwuh-tee\ noun

Sometimes you need not share propinquity with someone to consider them family.

lymphatic \lim-FAT-ik\ adjective

Lymphatic Haiku

Fighting off this mood
with coffee, waffles, and eggs
Energy please come.

gam \GAM\ verb

A friendly conversation at sea??  Exactly what I was dreaming of today, Merriam-Webster!

stiction \STIK-shun\ noun

Reminds me of good scene work between alertly ready actors.

heyday \HAY-day\ noun

An endless heyday- here's hopin'.