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This one seized me. I am writing one for now, but might do more later. For now, I am working on my short story for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
digdigil's "Write a Strong Female Character" challenge over at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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halcyon \HAL-see-uhn\, noun:
1. A kingfisher.
2. A mythical bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was fabled to nest at sea about the time of the winter solstice and to calm the waves during incubation.
adjective:
1. Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy; as, "deep, halcyon repose."
2. Marked by peace and prosperity; as, "halcyon years."
Examples
"It seems to be that my boyhood days in the Edwardian era were halcyon days."
-Mel Gussow, "At Home With John Gielgud: His Own Brideshead, His Fifth 'Lear,'" New York Times, October 28, 1993
"It is a common lament that children today grow up too fast, that society is conspiring to deprive them of the halcyon childhood they deserve."
-Keith Bradsher, "Fear of Crime Trumps the Fear of Lost Youth," New York Times, November 21, 1999
"It was a halcyon life, cocktails and bridge at sunset, white jackets and long gowns at dinner, good gin and Gershwin under the stars."
-Elizabeth M. Norman, We Band of Angels
Etymology
Halcyon derives from Latin (h)alcyon, from Greek halkuon, "a mythical bird, kingfisher."
Totally random: The kingfisher was my elementary school mascot! They're cute little birds.
The Halcyon
From my nest amid the cliffs, I watch her fall—gown battered by the wind—and take a new shape, bearing the Light in her hands over the sea.
I do not understand these people. For holy Light, in the pursuit of peace, they rend flesh and spill blood. I have watched others of my kind take wing, crying in agony, their nests aflame. These people care not, and why should they? They destroy their own people with little thought—why should they care to protect the life of a bird?
I watch her fly away and hope for peace.
~oOo~
On another completely random note, to those who are waiting for the next scene in the stupid Sil play: It is coming, I promise. Formatting that particular piece for LJ is always an endeavour, and unless I have a good half-hour to set aside, I am reluctant to start work on it. And half-hours are in short supply at the moment! Thanks, though, to those who are bugging me (as I asked) about it! :)
digdigil's "Write a Strong Female Character" challenge over at silwritersguild.halcyon \HAL-see-uhn\, noun:
1. A kingfisher.
2. A mythical bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was fabled to nest at sea about the time of the winter solstice and to calm the waves during incubation.
adjective:
1. Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy; as, "deep, halcyon repose."
2. Marked by peace and prosperity; as, "halcyon years."
Examples
"It seems to be that my boyhood days in the Edwardian era were halcyon days."
-Mel Gussow, "At Home With John Gielgud: His Own Brideshead, His Fifth 'Lear,'" New York Times, October 28, 1993
"It is a common lament that children today grow up too fast, that society is conspiring to deprive them of the halcyon childhood they deserve."
-Keith Bradsher, "Fear of Crime Trumps the Fear of Lost Youth," New York Times, November 21, 1999
"It was a halcyon life, cocktails and bridge at sunset, white jackets and long gowns at dinner, good gin and Gershwin under the stars."
-Elizabeth M. Norman, We Band of Angels
Etymology
Halcyon derives from Latin (h)alcyon, from Greek halkuon, "a mythical bird, kingfisher."
Totally random: The kingfisher was my elementary school mascot! They're cute little birds.
The Halcyon
From my nest amid the cliffs, I watch her fall—gown battered by the wind—and take a new shape, bearing the Light in her hands over the sea.
I do not understand these people. For holy Light, in the pursuit of peace, they rend flesh and spill blood. I have watched others of my kind take wing, crying in agony, their nests aflame. These people care not, and why should they? They destroy their own people with little thought—why should they care to protect the life of a bird?
I watch her fly away and hope for peace.
~oOo~
On another completely random note, to those who are waiting for the next scene in the stupid Sil play: It is coming, I promise. Formatting that particular piece for LJ is always an endeavour, and unless I have a good half-hour to set aside, I am reluctant to start work on it. And half-hours are in short supply at the moment! Thanks, though, to those who are bugging me (as I asked) about it! :)
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