I have a sister in law who I absolutely adore. She is an artist, a writer, an adventurer, and a taster of life. Despite her zest, I have never met anyone so purely unaffected. All she is and does, though confident and sure, is laced with a sweet grace and kindness that does not dim but only accentuates and gives air to her [joy de vive]. What a woman!
Anywho, she recently posted on her blog about her love of words and her running list of favorite words, a pet collection she brings out to play with, pairing them together to see what fascinating reactions they can conjure and ideas they can elicit.
This does not surprise me in the least. Reading her work is like squishing your toes in dark, cool mud: Earthy, pleasant, and ultimately all about the sensation. Her words touch your brain, working their way in and squelching in and out of the different receptive spaces. She writes poetry, novels, and short stories, and in all cases her words are a pleasure to experience. In honor of her (and because she requested it on her blog) I am going to start my own list. It will start off short (extremely short, especially because it is almost midnight and I have to get up early), but a running list is allowed to begin sparse.
Here goes:
clarion
squelch
Elysian
raucous
mug (doesn't that just sound so solid and stable? I can hear the sound of a mug hitting the table every time I say it)
idiosyncratic
I know I have more, but to sleep I must go.
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I think you like me. :) I like you too. (Hmm, this sounds kind of like a 5th grade love note; but that's okay, cuz I never went to fifth grade so I have a couple of these saved up.)
ReplyDeleteBTW, Elysian is one fab word.
Oh, man, I read your comment and then re-read the post and I'm blushing. Golly, I do like ya, but that post sounds like one serious crush. It was late? I wrote it fast? I really think you're great? I was trying to imitate Dante's style of objective love? Shucks.
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