Here you may find a history or list of all the definitions listed in the sidebar on this blog.
April 2008:
Euonym: A well-suited name.
May 2008:
Perseverance: The capacity to finish well.
October 2008:
Synecdoche: A figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole or whole for a part or general for the special or vice versa.
"It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look. To affect the quality of the day - that is the highest of arts."
"The way to rock oneself back into writing is this. First, gentle exercise in the air. Second, the reading of good literature. It is a mistake to think that literature can be produced from the raw."