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Great Lines: WS Merwin

December 28, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

Merwin personifies the New Year as a calm presence that meets us where we are.

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December 28, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, WS Merwin, To the New Year, Christmas, New Year, Quiet, Calm, Self-Assessement, Self-Inventory, Hope, Hopes
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: Carol of the Bells

December 21, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Impression

The popular ‘Carol of the Bells’ features the word ‘Christmas’ at its best, in euphonic lines.

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December 21, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, Carol of the Bells, Christmas, SIbilant, Sibilance, Sound, Effect, Connotations, Season
Craft, Language, Impression

The Joy of Repetition

December 22, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Action, Craft, Language, Impression

The joy comes from observing the pattern as it becomes increasingly meaningful to us.

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December 22, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Joy, Repetition, Christmas, Tradition, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eternal Return
Idea, Reflection, Action, Craft, Language, Impression

What Makes Christmas Songs So Pleasing

December 08, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Sound, Impression

Christmas songs are an excellent example of euphony at work.

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December 08, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Euphony, Christmas, Songs, Repetition, Rhyme, Rhythm, Sound, Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Pleasing, Familiarity
Craft, Language, Sound, Impression

Merry Little Christmas

December 23, 2020 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Impression, Reflection, Action

As the song imparts, the ‘muddle’ doesn’t preclude the ‘merry’; it necessitates it.

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December 23, 2020 /Katie Musgrave
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Holiday, Song, Film, The Family Stone, Meet Me in St. Louis, Merry, Christmas
Idea, Impression, Reflection, Action

Let There Be Lights

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December 16, 2020 by Katie Musgrave in Reflection

Every year, in this nebulous state of mind, there is a luminous saving grace: Christmas lights.

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December 16, 2020 /Katie Musgrave
Winter, Solstice, December 21, Dark, Christmas, Clear, Classic, White, Fairy, Lights, Twinkle
Reflection


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