On the docket this week is a random mish-mash of topics. I’m kicking it off with one last Fun with Signs post. Happy Monday, people…
Anyone familiar with Sex and the City, Princess Leia, Stephen King films, or hand lotion knows that my name is fairly common. The spelling, on the other hand, is not.
As a kid, I loved this aspect of my name. It made me feel special whenever I had to instruct adults in the proper spelling of my name. They’d ask, “Is that with a ‘C’ or a ‘K’?” and, knowingly, I’d think, “Oh honey, there’s a lot more to it than just that.”
Also, as many of you are aware, “i” is a very fun letter to write. For several years, in fact, the dot of my “i” served as the primary vehicle of my self-expression. Similar to Picasso, I too went through several influential phases in my personal and artistic development, the lengthiest of which was my “heart period” followed by my “daisy flower phase,” all of which were manifested in how I dotted my “i.”
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