“The sun is shinning [sic] the sun is shinning [sic]! “
Actually the sun was shining.
But that turns out to be an interesting subject.
Whenever I see “shinning”, I think of “shinnying”, as in “shinnying” up a pole. (See entry 1 below.)
But surprise, surprise, as it turns out, Gracie was very close to “shinnying” on the Portage; if she just had a curved stick and a ball or block of wood!
(See entry 2 below.)
Definition of shinny (Entry 1 of 2)
shinny (verb)
shinnied; shinnying
shinny (intransitive verb)
: to move oneself up or down something vertical (such as a pole) especially by alternately hugging it with the arms or hands and the legs
Definition of shinny (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: a variation of hockey played by children with a curved stick and a ball or block of wood
also : the stick used
2
: an informal game of ice hockey played usually outdoors
Apparently Nora wrote the journal this week; although it wasn’t signed, there were a few subtle clues:
“Last Saturday I was doing laundry …
(Although I suppose John might have been doing laundry.)
”John and another neighbor both had seen a small wolf …”
Actually the sun was shining.
But that turns out to be an interesting subject.
Whenever I see “shinning”, I think of “shinnying”, as in “shinnying” up a pole. (See entry 1 below.)
But surprise, surprise, as it turns out, Gracie was very close to “shinnying” on the Portage; if she just had a curved stick and a ball or block of wood!
(See entry 2 below.)Definition of shinny (Entry 1 of 2)
shinny (verb)
shinnied; shinnying
shinny (intransitive verb)
: to move oneself up or down something vertical (such as a pole) especially by alternately hugging it with the arms or hands and the legs
Definition of shinny (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: a variation of hockey played by children with a curved stick and a ball or block of wood
also : the stick used
2
: an informal game of ice hockey played usually outdoors
Apparently Nora wrote the journal this week; although it wasn’t signed, there were a few subtle clues:
“Last Saturday I was doing laundry …
(Although I suppose John might have been doing laundry.)
”John and another neighbor both had seen a small wolf …”
