Oscillating Ornate Obsidians

ABC Wednesday is a word meme with participants from around the world. Our Host, Mrs. Nesbitt hails from Great Britain. Says Mrs. Nesbitt: "Some have been with us from the very first round, others have joined in along the way! What fun! Each week we are taken across the globe to see the varied and exciting contributions people have taken the time to discover and capture! ABC Wednesday is now entering a 3rd year of fun! I'll raise a glass to you all!". We started with the letter, "A" and each week we post something in regards to the next letter of the alphabet. This week's letter is, "O".

The mighty oak. A common symbol of strength and endurance.

The humble onion. Where would we be without this in our daily diets? Life certainly would not be as tasty! What is even more fascinating are the medicinal uses for onion. Some claim it to clear the congestion up in your lungs by cutting it in half and rubbing it over your chest. It is at least a harmless thing to try and the worst side effect you could have is your mate complaining of the smell!

And this little lovely is for my shrine donation for the up coming on line auction to benefit the Oaxaca Street Children. I'm almost done with the shrine (not much time left!). The auction will begin next week and I encourage each and everyone of you to at least stop by the site to see the auction items and bid on a few things. The monies raised from this will go to the orphans of Oaxaca and it will provide them with a high school education. Talk about the "butterfly effect" and making a difference! Consider this a collaborative project: for those that organize it and work with the orphans (by the way, this is a grass roots organization, so all the money goes directly to the children), for the artists who create and donate their art, and for YOU in bidding and buying one of the donated pieces of art. Click here to see what I created and donated last year.

Obsidian. I like that word. It sounds nice just to say it! This here is an obsidian scalpel from website of the Maricopa Community College in Arizona. I didn't know about the honing aspects of obsidian (click through the link to find out). Worn as a pendant (not the scalpel, but just a polished stone), it is thought to also absorb all the negative energy in the room. Yah, I can just hear some of you now saying that you need to wear a boulder sized pendant!

Bonus round: opu. That's a Hawaiian word for "stomach"-not the organ, but that part of your body that we all want to look flat.

Osculation. Weird word; sounds a bit on the naughty side. Well, it kind of is. It's kissing.

Not to be confused with osculating; which is a differential geometry of curves.

Osmium. The densest natural element: it is a metal.

I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted!