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The haunting of leaves' melody / Crunching like so many bones /Spellbound by the moonlight's glow / By the haunting thought of what no one knows. / Stardust it scatters itself through the trees / A sparkling shadow of the veil unseen / Leaving its mark upon gravestones and me. ~ Ella A blessed Samhain… Continue reading Blessed Samhain and Happy Halloween
Whelve is an interesting word since it's old English origins have it meaning to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something, and more modern definitions have it meaning to bury deeply or hide something. Both versions of whelve are akin to each other, since both end up hiding something. I… Continue reading Word Nerd: Whelve
Deflagrate means to burn suddenly and usually violently. Deflagrate derives from the Latin verb flagrare (to burn) and the prefix de (down or away) so deflagrate is literally to burn down or away. Deflagrate may be a rather simple word, but the actual act of combustion that occurs when something deflagrates is complex and beautiful… Continue reading Word Nerd: Deflagrate
Nyctophilia is a preference for the night or darkness and in Greek it mean “friend of the dark". A nyctophiliac (one who has nyctophilia) is one who finds a sense of relief and comfort in darkness. Nyctophilia is not very well known since many are more familiar with nyctophobia, which is the fear of the… Continue reading Word Nerd: Nyctophilia
An aesthete is one who loves, understands, has a deeply felt affinity and appreciation for the art, beauty, music, nature, etc. To be an aesthete means that your entire being - mind, body, and soul - is sensitive to the beauties of art and nature. An aesthete can be overcome with an emotional response to… Continue reading Word Nerd: Aesthete
Shinrin-yoku (pronounced shin-rin-ya-ku) is a Japanese health term that was developed in the 80's by Mr. Tomohide Akiyama, with shinrin (meaning forest) and yoku (meaning here bathing or basking in). Shinrin-yoku is forest bathing, and it's the medicine of simply being in the forest. The idea behind shinrin-yoku is to encourage people to get outside and allow… Continue reading Word Nerd: Shinrin-yoku
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