Word challenge: WILLIWAW--does this have to do with temperature, wind, or snow? (see end of post for answer)
Joseph Pulitzer offered this advice on writing--it seems especially good for nonfiction writers like me:
"Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light."
Fact from Martin De Leon research: The town of Goliad, Texas, was named for Hidalgo, the priest who issued the "grito" for Mexico's freedom from Spain. Since the "h" is silent in Spanish, Goliad is an anagram of the other letters in Hidalgo.
"Williwaw" is a sudden gust of wind or a squall.
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