I, if

I,

if

the

well

sites

bright

skating

shopping

prominent

everything

information

professional

self-confident

acknowledges

attractions

businesses

festivals

somebody

explore

before

prove

them

no

o

Source: Edmonton Journal, Thursday, April 10, 2014 - section City and Region,A5, article from commentary "Showcasing a city come of age" by Paula Simons (words were taken in order of size: 1 letter to 12 letters, then back down: 12 letters to 1 letter, throughout the article.)

THURSDAY, APRIL 10: SNOWBALL

This procedure requires the first word of a text to have only one

letter, the second two, the third three, and so on as far as

resourcefulness and inspiration allow. The first word of a snowball

is normally a vowel: in English, a I or O.

From your newspaper, select a starting vowel and then continue

adding words of increasing length from the same source article or

passage. Challenge yourself further by only using words in order

as you encounter them in the text.

AT LEAST NO SAD NOEL

Did you purposely hang on until it was no longer Christmas? We had often shared how much we despaired of people dying at Christmas time and then Bill died suddenly a week before, two years ago, and we realized we could survive a death anniversary amidst holly and angels and all things festive. But just barely. I remember how you could no longer say grace at dinner without weeping and wonder now, if anyone will even bother to try to be thankful.