Blog | Carrianne

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.

Carrianne Dillon

Mar 2, 20201 min read

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...

7 views0 comments

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...

10 views0 comments

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...

30 views0 comments

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!...

2 views0 comments

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...

3 views0 comments

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...

2 views0 comments

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...

2 views0 comments

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...

8 views0 comments

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...

5 views0 comments

The Fall From Innocence to Impurity: The Motif of Color in “The Picture of Dorian Gray”

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....

198 views0 comments

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...

6 views0 comments

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...

9 views0 comments

Carrianne Dillon

Dec 30, 20191 min read

Word of the Week: Schadenfreude

Happy New Year, everybody. –C

4 views0 comments

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...

2 views0 comments

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...

5 views0 comments

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...

4 views0 comments

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...

3 views0 comments

Scenery as a Symbol of Duality in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”

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...

985 views0 comments

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...

2 views0 comments

Word of the Week: Kangaroo Court (It's a phrase this time!)

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...

5 views0 comments

carrianne@carriannedillon.com

Welcome to the blog!

Join our mailing list. Never miss an update