Starting a dictionary project in memory of a family member, friend or colleague is a meaningful way to pay tribute to their life and carry on the impact they made in yours. After hearing about The Dictionary Project in the 2002 Wall Street Journal article, Linda Keetch and her husband Brent started a memorial project in honor of her mother and father, “a man... Read More

Force /fôrs/, noun: 1. strength or energy that has an effect on someone or something “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929 – 1968 2. an influence (i.e., push or pull) that tends to produce a change in an object’s speed or direction of motion “Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are... Read More

rev·e·la·tion /revəˈlāSH(ə)n/, noun: 1. an act of revealing or communicating divine truth “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770 – 1827 2. a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way “The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 – 1882 pictured: Students... Read More

stam·i·na /ˈstamənə/, noun: the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort; the power to endure “How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.” B.C. Forbes, 1880 – 1954 “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not... Read More

mar·a·thon /ˈmerəˌTHän/, noun: a long-distance (26 miles and 385 yards/42.195 km) running race “If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.” Emil Zatopek, 1922 – 2000 (winner of three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics) Fun Fact: The idea for the modern marathon was inspired by the legend of Pheidippides, an ancient... Read More

yo·ga/ˈyōɡə/, noun: a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline for attaining bodily or mental control and well-being through a system of exercises, bodily postures and breathing techniques “Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.” Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar, December 14, 1918 – 2014 Fun Fact: The word... Read More

tra·di·tion /trəˈdiSH(ə)n/, noun: a custom, practice or belief passed within families or social groups from one generation to another “A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.” T. S. Eliot, 1888 – 1965 “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” Gustav Mahler, 1860 – 1911 Continuing a tradition, the Rotary Club of Beauregard-Vernon Sunrise distributed dictionaries third grade students... Read More

mead·ow /ˈmedō/, noun: land that is covered or mostly covered with grass and often wild flowers “In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life.” Jonas Mekas, 1922 – “It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even... Read More

re·mem·brance /rəˈmembrəns/, noun: 1. the act of remembering a person, thing, or event “To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.” Rene Magritte, 1898 – 1967 2. something that is done or made to honor the memory of a person, thing, or event example: National... Read More