Fat...Slim...

I recently noticed that many internet sites refer to fat chance and slim chance as interchangeable, and in some cases they might be, but the two don't have exactly the same meaning. 

When someone says fat chance, they mean extremely little or no chance, but when someone uses slim chance, they mean there is some hope.

Example:
She has a fat chance of graduating. 
(Her chances of graduating are very low to nonexistent.)
She has a slim chance of graduating.
(Her chances of graduating are low.)

Anthology: Update

Anyone who submitted their writing to me for the anthology will receive an email message from me in the next few days, letting them know whether or not their submission was accepted.

Inchmeal

Merriam-Webster's word of the day is 

inchmeal

pronounced INCH-meel

an adverb meaning

little by little; gradually

The origin of inchmeal is simple: 
inch is obviously the unit of measurement
meal is a suffix meaning "by a (specified) portion or measure at a time"

The meal part of the word is related to the modern German word mal, meaning "time" as in (how many times) also found in the German word manchmal, meaning "sometimes."

(taken from Merriam-Webster)

To see it in context or listen to the pronunciation, check the link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day (June 12, 2023)

The Literate Buck

Since I moved to the woods, I've been saving my kitchen scraps and daily adding them to my compost pile outside my cabin, where I also dump the contents of my lawn mower bag and all the leaves I rake. 

The last few days, I've noticed the deer come and eat my compost pile. I don't have a problem with feeding the deer, but they come a little too close to the cabin, which makes my dogs bark...a lot. 

I finally looked online to see if I could find a solution to my problem, and someone had suggested putting a sign about twenty feet away that read The Buck Stops Here. 

Marie Curie

“Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
Marie Curie

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Charles R. Swindoll

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."
Charles R. Swindoll