For Writers' Consideration

     I have been subscribed to "Word of the Day" messaging systems for a few years now, but they have turned out to be less helpful than I had hoped.
     I originally signed up for these services because something I discovered a long time ago: words can beget stories. Last night I read about a hundred different excerpts from Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Words can have such interesting uses, histories, or exclusive environments, that in trying to attempt to write a sentence with one such word I end up thinking up an entire setting, character, or even a scene.
     Reading the dictionary seems like an odd move, and I probably don't have the patience to do it on a regular basis. But, I am going to search my dictionary for an interesting word and try and write a story for it. Ideally a flash fiction; something I can post here. I challenge the rest of you to do the same.