I read in a report only yesterday about a study of the Milky Way, in which scientists listen to stars as they quake. Oscillating and flashing with energy, they chime like bells in a cosmic belfry, ringing the rhymes of a stellar nursery. Shimmering with a stardust lustre, playing the music of an ancient cluster, […]
Tag: Twinkle
The third day of an interest in etymology
Etymology #3 Twinkle is a shiny word A sparkling, glittering, winking verb A two-syllabic, iambic light Constantly changing from faint to bright Having a friendly or happy face Moving lightly from place to place Glinting and flickering in a dance Stars like diamonds in the distance Its origins are in the Germanic tongue Developed in […]