Fightin' Words with...Christina Dalcher

Our July issue's Fightin' Words concludes with Christina Dalcher, author of this month's featured memoir "Two Uncles: A Fairy Tale." No stranger to conveying a great deal in a small space, she gives the single best word for:

1)      The smell that brings you back to the best time in your life: saltwater

2)      Your last dream: forgettable

3)      Covering your tracks: snowplow

4)      Your sense of style: piratical

5)      What makes you cringe: blossom-end-rot

6)      The hottest day of the year: menopause 

7)      What you’re hungry for: nicotine

8)      Addition to the dictionary: leditor (a letter to the editor)