I love finding new words. There is a word for love of a place: topophilia, popularised by the geographer Yi-Fu Tuan in 1974 as all of “the human being’s affective ties with the material environment.” In other words, it is the warm feelings you get from a place. It is a vivid, emotional, and personal experience, and it leads to unexplainable affections. This is the word to describe my love of Cornwall. I grew up in Cornwall and left to become a teacher when I was 18 only returning to visit family for the next 40 years but I always needed to come home. That we did 13 years ago.
St Ives where we had our honeymoon in 1967
Apricity is another lovely word meaning something I have described several times in recent posts without having the proper word – it is the warmth of the sun in winter. I felt it again today.
I was late to the allotment this afternoon and when I arrived the lovely Mr S told me that an allotment friend had been along and brought me a beautiful piece of glass. She had had to remove it from a doorway and had thought of me and my glasswork. It is really lovely and I will enjoy getting to work with it before too long. Thank you very much S. I’ll let you know what I make with it. 
ladysighs
January 18, 2021 at 1:44 pm
I do like new words. But even the – good – old words are not used enough. It seems we use the same old trite words to speak or write. Never exploring to make our speech/writing more meaningful and colorful.
Or maybe I just run/read/write with the wrong crowd. ;(
mybeautfulthings
January 18, 2021 at 7:21 pm
These new words were all old words, just new to me words! 🙂
ladysighs
January 18, 2021 at 7:24 pm
Something new Something old
Love words that are bold
snoakes7001
January 18, 2021 at 7:33 am
Sorry we missed you yesterday, but we are very glad that you like the glass and can use it. We will look forward to seeing what you make with it.
mybeautfulthings
January 18, 2021 at 7:05 pm
I will let you know – and show you, of course. Seeing your blog title I looked for you but it says I can’t reach the page. Love the title! Have you read ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’? It’s wonderful! I think you would love it. 🙂
nrhatch
January 18, 2021 at 2:42 am
How far from Cornwell were you when teaching?
Love the glass. Snazzy!
mybeautfulthings
January 18, 2021 at 7:01 pm
We were in South Yorkshire. I was applying for jobs in Cornwall when Mr S turned up in Year 1 of college as I was in Year 3 and about to leave. We fell in love. I applied for jobs in Doncaster with us both intending to get jobs in Cornwall but by the time B finished his degree, I had been promoted and was loving my job…. Then we had kids and all that stuff so returned home once we retired! 🙂
Heyjude
January 18, 2021 at 12:54 am
I knew the word Apricity , but not topophilia. That is a fabulous photo of St Ives, must have been a very low tide. It must be almost a year since we went into St Ives and it is only 3 miles from us!
mybeautfulthings
January 22, 2021 at 4:41 pm
We haven’t been to St Ives for ever either. That was an old photo that we love. We felt the apricot this afternoon just before the hail showers! 🙂
Heyjude
January 22, 2021 at 4:42 pm
Just had those hail showers here! But it looks as though there might be a decent sunset.