#merriam

[twistytwine]

People grow old.

[clairity-org]

Nicollet Island, Minneapolis 5/5/23 by Sharon Mollerus

[bellonathedragonborn]

Merriam helping Saige decorate a tree to surprise Garnet.

Geneva sitting by the fire in the Imperial Palace.

My Holiday art collection. I wanted to post these on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but I won’t be able to.

Anyway the bottom art is a Recolor of Vyra and Reaver wearing Yule hats while in the South Islands during Winter. (There’s a small hidden something in the sand if you look hard enough.)

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[chaddavisphotography]

Hennepin Ave Bridge, seen from the Merriam Street Bridge to Nicollet Island. The Merriam bridge dates back to 1887, the now decorative truss span is actually a saved portion of the former Broadway Ave bridge. It was moved here 100 years later in 1987. (Minneapolis, January 2024)

[literaryvein-reblogs]

other words to use instead of walk?

Advance - to move forward; proceed

Amble - to go at or as if at an easy gait

Canter - to move at or as if at a canter (i.e., a 3-beat gait resembling but smoother and slower than the gallop)

Footslog - to march or tramp through mud

Hike - to take a long walk especially for pleasure or exercise

Journey - travel from one place to another

Lumber - to move ponderously

March - to move in a direct purposeful manner

Meander - to wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination

Mosey - to move in a leisurely or aimless manner

Pace - to walk with often slow or measured tread

Pad - to traverse on foot

Parade - to march in or as if in a procession

Patrol - keep watch over (an area) by regularly walking or traveling around or through it

Perambulate - to travel over or through especially on foot

Plod - to walk heavily or slowly

Prance - to walk or move in a spirited manner

Promenade - take a leisurely public walk, ride, or drive so as to meet or be seen by others

Prowl - to move about or wander stealthily in or as if in search of prey

Ramble - to move aimlessly from place to place; to explore idly

Roam - to go from place to place without purpose or direction; also to travel purposefully unhindered through a wide area

Saunter - to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner

Shamble - to walk awkwardly with dragging feet

Shuffle - to move or walk in a sliding dragging manner without lifting the feet

Slog - to plod heavily

Stalk - to walk stiffly or haughtily

Step - to move (the foot) in any direction

Stride - to move over or along with or as if with long measured steps

Stroll - to walk in a leisurely or idle manner

Strut - to walk with a proud gait

Stump - to walk over heavily or clumsily

Toddle - to walk with short tottering steps in the manner of a young child

Tour - make a tour of (an area); a short trip to or through a place in order to view or inspect something

Traipse - to walk or travel about without apparent plan but with or without a purpose

Traverse - to move or pass along or through; to move back and forth or from side to side

Tread - to step or walk on or over

Trek - to make one's way arduously

Troop - to go one's way

Trudge - to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously

Wander - to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal

Hope this helps. If it inspires your writing in any way, please tag me, or leave a link in the replies. I would love to read your work!

More: Word Lists

[birdyland]

Fairy Tale House, Merriam, Minnesota

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Fairy Tale House, Merriam, Minnesota

[detroitsabitch]

Fairy Tale House, Merriam, Minnesota

[akaiconquistador]

Today 6

The only thing I need. Faded in and out as time goes. Yet still, the only thing I need.

Tasting abandonment, relishing the quiet. Casting blame is a waste. We do the things we know we shouldn't, time and time again. The words that don't get said won't get heard, yet we're still so confused. The beating has to stop. Time will not.

A year, two, five, ten, whenever you come back, I hope you read this with a smile on your face, and I hope it's because the flowers have bloomed, and we have learned to ride the rapids. Remember the rock. It was terrifying, I've never felt more alive. I hope we see the rocks now. Far too long. Wishing for a door when we know damn well we must build it. Far too long. Waiting for a hand when we have two of our own. Awing at another man's fortune, not looking at the road ahead.

Drive on a road certain there is no one, close your eyes for as long as you can. Step into the rain. Sit in the dark, silent, and pay close attention to everything you don't see. Take a deep breath and hold it in, then take another, and another. Don't let the buildup be for nothing, don't be selfish.

Now is not the time to argue. It's inevitable, so meet it head on. Don't waste your time feeling sorry for yourself. Don't waste time feeling sorry for yourself. It's inevitable, so meet it head on.

Focus. Breath. Inhale, exhale. What is it that I am doing, and what is it I should be.

[twistytwine]

"my giRRLll my giRLll my giRLl MYYYY GIRLLLLLLL"

[cdidou]

Fairy Tale House, Merriam, Minnesota

[spikyseasponge]

Rock Bottom, acrylic on panel, 24x18”. 2022. Daniel Merriam.

[anal-bravery]

Y'all. Kraft just erected an 8 foot tall monument to its own mayonnaise outside of Merriam Webster's HQ in Springfield in an effort to make "Moist" Merriam Webster's word of the year. It feels like an article from the fucking Onion but this is real life

[literaryvein-reblogs]

A List of "Beautiful" Words: White

for your next poem/story

Achromatic - possessing no hue; being or involving black, gray, or white

Alabaster - a compact fine-textured usually white and translucent gypsum often carved into vases and ornaments

Albescent - white or tending toward white

Albinic - exhibiting deficient pigmentation

Argent - archaic: whiteness; the heraldic color silver or white

Besnow - to whiten

Calcimine - a white or tinted wash of glue, whiting or zinc white, and water that is used especially on plastered surfaces

Canescent - growing white

Cretaceous - from Latin cretaceus, "resembling chalk"

Etiolate - to make pale

Ghastly - to look ill, especially with a pale face

Lactescent - becoming or appearing milky

Marmoreal - made of or looking similar to marble

Niveous - resembling snow (as in whiteness)

Tallow - the white nearly tasteless solid rendered fat of cattle and sheep used chiefly in soap, candles, and lubricants

More: Lists of Beautiful Words ⚜ Word Lists ⚜ Black

[gentsma]

An Incomplete List of 2024 Additions to the Merriam-Webster

bingo card noun … 2 slang : a list of possible, expected, or likely scenarios — usually used in the phrase on one's bingo card

bussin’ adjective, African American English slang : extremely good : excellent; especially : delicious, tasty

chef’s kiss noun : a gesture of satisfaction or approval made by kissing the fingertips of one hand and then spreading the fingers with an outward motion — often used interjectionally

cold open noun : a scene of a film or television episode that precedes the title sequence or opening credits and that typically takes place in medias res

cromulent adjective, informal + humorous : acceptable, satisfactory

doggo noun, slang : dog

doomscroll verb : to spend excessive time online scrolling (see scroll entry 2) through news or other content that makes one feel sad, anxious, angry, etc.

edgelord noun, slang : someone who makes wildly dark and exaggerated statements (as on an internet forum) with the intent of shocking others

jorts plural noun : shorts made of denim or jean : jean shorts

nerf verb 1 informal : to reduce the effectiveness of (something, such as a character, attribute, or weapon) in a video game; broadly : to make (something) less useful or effective 2 informal : to lightly bump (another car) in an automobile race

padawan noun, informal : a young person especially when regarded as naïve, inexperienced, etc.

rage quit verb : to suddenly stop participating or engaging in (something) in a fit of anger and frustration : to quit (something) in anger

rizz noun, slang : romantic appeal or charm

simp verb, informal : to show excessive devotion to or longing for someone or something

smashburger noun 1 : a hamburger patty that is pressed thin onto a heated pan or griddle at the start of cooking; also : a patty (as of beans or ground turkey) prepared similarly 2 : a sandwich featuring one or more such patties