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May 20, 2026

Words Worth

Some amazing words to describe the indescribable.

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Psithurism

Who doesn’t love the gentle sound of wind in the trees or the rustling of leaves? I grew up on an Island, in what is known as a temperate rainforest. My house nestled in a clearing directly above high tide with the expanse of Douglas Firs and Western Red Cedars

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Cynophilist

There are pet people and non-pet people in this world, and there are those who have pets who shouldn’t. I have a neighbour with a lovely dog that seems to spend a lot of time on the back porch – rain or blazing sun, just looking through the sliding door

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Thalassophile

I’m an Islander, born and raised within earshot and smell of the sea surrounding Vancouver Island. Although I haven’t lived on the Island since the early 1980’s, there are still many times I can close my eyes and swear I can smell the redolent aroma of kelp drying in the

Words Worth

Words Worth

I love words, the way they roll off my tongue or pen, the meanings and history. To me words tell us much more about ourselves than the simple meanings on a page. Sometimes words speak with a direct bluntness, other times in sly innuendo. But it is words that opens