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Recently discovered a podcast called Disastrous History and the first one I listened to was about the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Very interesting series.
Anyhow, one of the many things I learned is a word, tephra, which is the ash/bits of stone thrown out by an erupting volcano. The podcast talked about two guys who happened to be on the mountain during the eruption. Neither one of them was supposed to be there at all, but they both decided on their own to go exploring. They happened to meet up and barely survived the fumes and ash.
Later on, each man married and had a family. One gave his daughter the name Tephra as her first name. The other gave his daughter Tephra for a middle name. (I just found out the first name is Molly.).) Neither one knew the other did this at the time.
I wouldn't care for the name Tephra myself, but it's not an unattractive sound.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
Anyhow, one of the many things I learned is a word, tephra, which is the ash/bits of stone thrown out by an erupting volcano. The podcast talked about two guys who happened to be on the mountain during the eruption. Neither one of them was supposed to be there at all, but they both decided on their own to go exploring. They happened to meet up and barely survived the fumes and ash.
Later on, each man married and had a family. One gave his daughter the name Tephra as her first name. The other gave his daughter Tephra for a middle name. (I just found out the first name is Molly.).) Neither one knew the other did this at the time.
I wouldn't care for the name Tephra myself, but it's not an unattractive sound.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
This message was edited 4/5/2025, 9:22 AM
