Slipsliding Away

...that would be time.
How did Friday arrive without a post between Tuesday and Thursday? I honestly feel as if I've lost three days. To "S."

slip
synecdoche
sycophant
snowplow
snow
sleep
slippery
stone
sophomoric
sensibility
sensible
sestina
socratic
sentry
seep
steep
steel
starling
star
... I wonder whether these lists accrue rhythm, or tone? Do they develop a cadence or rhyme scheme? Should they? Could that be a goal?
swelter
sweep
swoop
semolina
soar
sap
sage
sag
saga
saint
soul
separate
seventeen
sentence
sixteen
surreptitious
serpentine
sale
sales
salesman/salesmen
salsa
semifreddo
snowcone
sarcasm
sarcastic
sarcophogous
saracen
... another fantasy novel staple, and historical I believe.
staple
sartorial
splendor (and... "sartorial splendor")
sugar
sweets
somewhere
solace
solitude
sorrow
savor
.... 57 at first try. Thank you, "S." And I will attempt not to lose any of the weeks in March.

Relinquish, Regain

The "R" words feel full and rich and resonant, and yes I'll use all 4 of the above.
Eighteen letters into the alphabet and I feel, generally, reconnected to writing in a way I haven't in a long time. As if the simply act of putting down words each day, of asking my mind to think of language for myself rather than for the job, is opening up my mind once again. A character in the new project I'm working on is named "Reston," a name I came up with this weekend while musing on the letter "R."

relinquish
regain
resonate
resonant
...the aforementioned
rich
... followed by
repeat
repetitive
repetition
repeal
replete
replenish
recognize
recompense
restitution
real
roam
roan
roar
refinance (would that I could)
rest
reconstitue
renegade
register
relegate
rise (above?)
roil
reunite
rope
romp
reel
rein
reign
regress
royal
refute
reputation
roast
remnant
recoil
repute
rabies
rabid
rabbit
raffle
rakish
remote
....46... and that with a work interruption to throw me off my game..
reconnaisance
rennaisance
restoration
rappel
rim
rich
rife
riposte
rook
room
roost
rooster
ruminate
rhyme.

That will do for today. I'd rather find a comfy chair and work with Reston, but that will have to wait.

Sunday, 9:09 a.m., "Q"

and...
quaff
...makes 32!

For "Q," I feel alright with 32. Watch out tomorrow when I'm set loose on "R"!

Saturday at 3:47, "Q"

quazar
quagmire
queen
.... of all she surveys?

Saturday at 2, "Q"

quintuplets
quintessential
Quahog (home of the "Family Guy" family)
quail.

... and that's what a long run and mid-afternoon shower will do!

Friday night, 11:30, "Q"

quantify
qualify
quarantine
quantity
quantum
quiz
quicken
quoth (the raven, nevermore)

Q, part 1

quince
quick
quicklime
quickly
quixotic
quote
quotation
quotable
quid
...pro...
quo
quorum
quality
quiver
quaver
quay
quip
.... that'll do for now. When I imagined "Q" I thought I'd falter after just a few.
Off to work.