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I tweaked the themes of the last two Top Ten Tuesday posts, but this time I’m sticking to the script! Some of them will have explanations, but it didn’t feel necessary for others.
1. Vorpal
Okay, so this is technically only a word because Lewis Carroll said it was….but many other new words have been invented since then, so I still say it counts.
2. Petrichor
I was so happy to learn there’s an official word for that lovely scent that happens after a rainstorm.
3. Gossamer
4. Bucolic
I adore the feeling of this word rolling off of my tongue. Part of my childhood was spent living on a few different farms. There are many pleasant aspects of rural life to be sure, but I chuckle and shake my head at people who romanticize it. I can only hope they’ll spend a lot of time researching what life is really like there in every season of the year before moving.
5. Panacea
6. Curmudgeon
This isn’t to say being around grumpy people is relaxing or uplifting….but curmudgeon itself is such a great word.
7. Oeuvre
It refers to the entire body of work of a writer, painter, musician, etc. Pronouncing it is delightful, too.
8. Palimpsest
That is to say, a manuscript written over a previous manuscript or manuscripts. It’s such a poetic and thrifty mental image.
9. Sequoia
10. Defervescence
There’s nothing like the shaky, exhausted relief that comes when a fever breaks and your temperature (or the temperature of someone you love) finally goes back to normal.
As I mentioned in an earlier Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post, I generally borrow ebooks from the library instead of purchasing them.
Here’s a confession that might put me at odds with the bookish community: I don’t do a lot of novel reading when I’m on vacation unless the weather is terrible, I get sick, or I’m enjoying a staycation and therefore won’t be sight seeing or reconnecting with faraway loved ones.
Sadly, Covid killed off some my favourite bookstores that I would have loved to include in this list, so I decided to pivot to fictional answers instead.
Toronto has an excellent public library system that offers a wide range of paper, audio, and electronic books.
To be perfectly honest, I generally prefer book covers that include some sort of picture on them over the ones that have a fancy typographic font and nothing else.
Dusting and sweeping are my least favourite chores. There is no carpet in my apartment, so these two chores sort of meld together.
Those of you who have followed this blog for a while might remember how short my seasonal to-read lists generally are since I rely so heavily on what the Toronto Public Library has to offer and prefer to be a mood reader instead of sticking to a strict schedule.
Let’s see if I can answer this question without writing a whole book on the topic. Ha!