Collected essays taken from the author's eight year role as a monthly columnist with The Upbeat Times, Santa Rosa CA, 2012-August 2020, when it was upended in the coronavirus pandemic. The first few years incarnation was titled, "WordPlay: Vocab Rehab, " and then shifted to "In A Word, " until its ending. Life coaching advice with a spiritual and philosophical bent. Emphasis on words and expressions from different cultures, languages.