RANT AND RAVE

About getting some

REST AND RECREATION

With lots of

ROCK AND ROLL

I discovered another pair of R&R twins – brothers from another mother, neither of them truly there.  The first is

RUACH

This is the Latin-alphabet transliteration of a Hebrew word which means (Holy) spirit, wind or breath.  Its partner today is the German word/name

RAUCH

As a word, it means smoke or fumes.  As a surname/nickname, it refers to a shaggy or unkempt person.  I found a Rauch Court (street) about a mile further up the old highway out of town from my place.  It is in what used to be a scenic little country village well-named Waldau, (which means ‘wooded,’ or ‘in the forest’) but which got swallowed up in our continuing urban expansion.  At least they left (most of) the trees.

Despite the opinions of some Bible-thumping God-botherers, I have found MEANING, but I still research a lot of meanings.  😀