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Brumous

I know I’ve truly learned a new word when my brain chants the syllables over and over in a gleeful hymn of recognition the first time I spot a chance to use it in the wild.

A photograph of a swing set at dusk. There's heavy mist in the air. Yellow street lights cut through the fog. There's a play structure barely visible in the distance. The photo looks wintry and chilly.

Brumous, brumous, brumous, brumous, brumous, brumous, brumous…

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020brumous, lexicon, mist, night walk, portland, wintry, words

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Upcoming Appearances

  • Night Bart's (Drawing live portraits by donation!) - April 26th, 5:30-9pm, Ojai, CA
  • Cartooning the Medieval - June 5th & 6th, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
  • Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF) - June 14th-15th, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Fourteenth International Melville Society Conference - June 16th-19th, Avery Point, CT
  • [Tentative] Chicago Alternative Comics Festival (CAKE) - June 28th-29th, Chicago, IL