Happy Happy 2016! 

Dictionary.com presents a timely theme for today’s Word of the Day, ” First-Foot”. 

But I must digress. We have many foot-related words and idioms in the English language. There are things a-foot and putting one’s best foot forward, foot-in-mouth dilemmas and placing one foot in front of the other. There is a right-foot, wrong-foot, front foot, back foot, and that trouble-maker, lead foot. 

We can set or not set foot, on foot, find our footing, get our foot in the door, have a foot in both camps, and hopefully not find ourselves with one foot in the grave. Like shooting oneself in the foot, I wouldn’t touch that with a ten-foot pole. And I absolutely put my foot down when it comes to waiting on someone hand and foot, unless of course the shoe is on the other foot and I am the one in waiting! (BTW…I like my veggie foot-long on toasted whole-wheat with a dusting of hot sauce…)

Alas, now I have a new “foot” phrase to add to my vocabulary. It’s a good thing I don’t have podophobia! Did you know that is a thing?! And I do wish to also note, for the record, while we’re on the subject, I am definitely not a podophiliac. In case you were wondering. Just so we’re perfectly clear. Digression ended…on to today’s haiku. I hopes it foots the bill! 😊

Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku

As the clock ticked one
First-foot o’er my heart’s threshold
A dear old friend…Hope!

kat ~ 1 January 2016