About the Mouth Fruit blog

This blog contains information about fruitful dialogue.

Welcome

Oh, do come in. Come.

Pull up a chair. The stove is warm, and there is much to discuss. This work—learning to speak truly and well—is not for the faint of heart. It requires courage to examine how we communicate, patience to practice difficult skills. But you need not walk this road alone. Here, we work together, away from today's battles. Here, you may stumble without falling.

Here, you are safe.

Commenting

We talk about how to engage in fruitful dialogue and the basis for the tools and skills to do that. However, this is not the place to air your opinion on controversial topics.

Good discussion is polite; be careful with your words. Challenge me! Disagree with commenters! But, as a guest of Mouth Fruit, please control your tongue. Mouth Fruit is a welcoming place where we can all sit by the stove and chat. You are welcome here.

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Language of presentation

This blog is written in English, today's lingua franca of the globe. Mouth Fruit uses other languages to illustrate the interaction of language and fruitful dialog, including the newly discovered language mika (MEE-kah) which is amazingly perfect for this.

But, which English? Posts will be in a mix of International English and American English. The goal is to be clear worldwide.

Unsure about your English in commenting? Comment in a language you are comfortable in. Politely.

Helping

Blog post access is free to everyone on the web. That will always be—as long as the blog is still here. You don't owe anything.

There are a few ways you can help Mouth Fruit that involve money.

🫙 Tip jar

Perhaps soon there will be soon a tip jar of some sort.

This gives the reader the opportunity to show appreciation for content and to encourage the continuing flow of content for all.

📚 Buy Mouth Fruit a book

You may send Mouth Fruit something from the Mouth Fruit Wishlist. There are many books; maybe you can pick a book on a topic that intrigues you.

Don't rush. You can always find the link at the bottom of any page.

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At times Mouth Fruit will recommend a book or other resource and include a link to where it might be purchased. For affiliate links Mouth Fruit gets a tiny bit of the purchase amount, at no extra cost to you. If you decide to buy the book, buying here will help keep Mouth Fruit going.

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🔺 Other

Sorry, there are no coaching programs, pay walls, pyramid schemes, or anything that is a stumbling block to access of all. This is not the place for you to throw money and get rousing cries of what you want to hear.

Swag? Oh, that has to be in the future, if ever.

Source

Mouth Fruit springs from good will, love, and a desire for peace.