by Adrien Palmer | | Word Studies
Petrichor is a combination of two Greek terms, one of which is simply bad-ass. πέτρα petra (stone) and ἰχώρ īchōr (the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods). It’s hard to explain why this image is so compelling. I get a kick out of words that describe...
by Adrien Palmer | | Word Studies
Stories are at the core of our being. They move us more than facts and logic ever will. Goya is at the core of why stories are more than words, and why they live in our minds and bodies in ways few other things can. گویا (Urdu): As If or As Though It Were” For...
by Adrien Palmer | | Word Studies
For anyone like me who grew up Protestant in the Bible Belt, these words were probably among the first you ever heard from the Word. They are probably most popular on January first when millions of over-ambitious readers check day one off of their Bible-in-a-year...
