So, here I am back in Rotterdam after a month in the UK, and I decided to do a bit of housework. Because after a month the apartment definitely needs it, and also because it leaves the mind free for things like plotting for my current work-in-progress. Suddenly, as I dusted the huge window ledges, a thought occurred to me.
Why is it called dusting? I mean, that immediately brings to mind someone walking around sprinkling dust all over the apartment. Shouldn’t we say de-dusting?
And here’s another word: spin. Why do we say “take the car out for a spin?” I mean, wouldn’t a madly spinning car be the last thing you’d want?
Michelle, thinking random thoughts. . .