Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. Q is for… quiddity – n. (kwid-i-tee) the basic nature or quality of something; whatever makes something the type that it […]
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Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. P is for… Pierian – (pī-ˈir-ē-ən) adj. – 1. of or relating to the Muses 2. of or relating to poetry […]
Continue reading »Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. O is for… osmatic (oz-mat-ik) – having or characterized by a well-developed sense of smell; a keen sense of smell; depending […]
Continue reading »Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. N is for… nubivagant – wandering among the clouds; moving through the clouds (pronunciation: nU-bi-‘vA-gant) I’m charmed by this word from […]
Continue reading »Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. M is for… margaritiferous – (obsolete) yielding pearls; pearl-bearing (for pronunciation see here) While I’m not a pearl wearer, it’s […]
Continue reading »Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. L is for… lemniscate – infinity symbol I have been deeply immersed in the study of sacred geometry and symbolic language, […]
Continue reading »Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. K is for… kalology – the study of beauty, and the ways in which beauty influences society. While kalology is generally […]
Continue reading »Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. J is for… jessamy another term for jasmine the color yellow as in yellow jasmine “jessamy” gloves – kid gloves perfumed […]
Continue reading »Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. I is for… International Klein Blue (IKB) Like many of us, I imagine, I’m fascinated by color. As a kid I […]
Continue reading »Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with creating a manifesto reflecting wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply charming-to-me words. H is for… halcyon A mythical bird in ancient legend, identified with the kingfisher, said to breed in a nest floating […]
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