Last week I asked the writers in all the groups to jot down some words: words whose meaning appealed to them; words with good associations; words that sound pleasant when spoken out loud; words that feel good when rolled around on the tongue; words that just happened to pop into their minds in that moment, with pen in hand.
Here are some of the many words that came up.
This is a long read! Take your time. Read the list in order. Or jump around. Consider this: what words would you add to this list?
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Contributors (thank you all!):
Barbara Cartwright, Blue Waters, Deirdre Silverman, Donna DiCostanzo, Gabrielle Vehar, Grace Celeste, Hannah Utter, Jim Mazza, Linda Keeler, Liz Burns, Louise Vignaux, Mike Schaff, Molly Sutton, Nancy Gabriel, Nancy Osborn, Nina Miller, Priscilla Walker, Rob Sullivan, Sara Robbins, Stacey Murphy, Stacey Payette, Sue Crowley, Sue Perlgut, Susan Lesser, Yvonne Fisher, Zee Zahava
