Carrianne Dillon
Word of the Week: Churlish
I love this adjective so much. Churlish is used to describe someone who is being RUDE in a deliberately mean-spirited and surly way. It's...
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Welcome to the blog!
Here you'll find a variety of posts; in both content and style! Anything goes, from listicles to rants, and short think-pieces to informal essays. Sometimes I want to talk about a small section of a book/film/TV show, sometimes I want to respond to someone else's journal/essay, and occasionally I'll get caught up in a 'big idea' style conversation. Ultimately, I just want to talk about the things I like! If you find it enjoyable, informative, and/or useful, then all the better.
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Carrianne Dillon
Mar 1, 20201 min read
Short Stories for March!
If your reading habits, like many peoples' diets and behavior resolutions, have tapered off as we move into March, FEAR NOT. Here's the...
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Carrianne Dillon
Feb 24, 20201 min read
Word of the Week: Syncretism
I chose syncretism as the word of the week in part because I miss my Religious Studies professor from SHU, (Dr. Kelly), and partly...
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Carrianne Dillon
Feb 10, 20201 min read
Word of the Week: Xeriscape
Xeriscapes are both popular and sensible in arid climates because they are landscapes or gardens that require little to no precipitation!...
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Carrianne Dillon
Feb 3, 20201 min read
Word of the Week: Brigadoon
Brigadoon? "It's Almost Like Being In Love!" Well... when it's not dressed up as a proper noun, brigadoon simply refers to place that is...
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Carrianne Dillon
Feb 1, 20201 min read
February Short Story Recommendations
How's that reading resolution going? Fear not, here is another group of short stories to help you sprinkle some reading back into your...
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Carrianne Dillon
Jan 27, 20201 min read
Word of the Week: Firmament
I love the word firmament because it means not just the sky or heavens, but refers to them as a tangible thing. I've always been...
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Carrianne Dillon
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Word of the Week: Crepuscular
Broadly, crepuscular is an adjective that describes something of or relating to twilight (dawn or dusk). In a zoological sense it refers...
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Carrianne Dillon
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Word of the Week: Spumescent
Stuart Henry wrote a piece for the September 15th 1915 publication of Greenwich Village titled "Madame Bernheardt: A Visit to Her Home in...
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Carrianne Dillon
Jan 8, 20209 min read
The Fall From Innocence to Impurity: The Motif of Color in “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
In Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” the use of color and color descriptors paint a clear picture of Dorian’s descent into sin....
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Carrianne Dillon
Jan 6, 20201 min read
Word of the Week: Jehu
Okay, so there's a historical/religious definition that is a proper noun, and a casual derivation that is a regular noun. Jehu-the-man...
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Carrianne Dillon
Jan 2, 20203 min read
So Your Resolution Is To Read More...
Instead of a book of the month, we'll start 2020 off with a few groups of short stories. Now you can meet your resolution without feeling...
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 30, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Schadenfreude
Happy New Year, everybody. –C
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 23, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Dérgingolade
It's such a shame that dégringolade is such a fun word to say when it has a rather negative definition! Dégringloade is a noun which...
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 16, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Mulct
Mulct is a very strange word to say. Go on, say it out loud a couple of times. Mulct. Mulll-ktt. Bleh. In this case, it's an unpleasant...
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 9, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Inveigh
To inveigh is to speak or write about something with great hostility. Back around Black Friday I was near a woman who inveighed against...
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 2, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Atrabilious
As the December holidays commence, I hope that neither you nor anyone you know goes around being atrabilious! Atrabilious is an adjective...
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Carrianne Dillon
Nov 25, 20195 min read
Scenery as a Symbol of Duality in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
In the 1886 Gothic thriller, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” by Robert Louis Stevenson, descriptions of scenery and settings effectively...
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Carrianne Dillon
Nov 25, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Rhadamanthine
Rhadamanthine is an adjective that refers to stern or inflexible judgement. The other week we looked at the word omphalos, which had...
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Carrianne Dillon
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Kangaroo Court (It's a phrase this time!)
A kangaroo court refers to a court that either: 1. Ignores the standards of justice and does not carry any official standing in the area...
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