Today was kind of a 'normal' day, if anyone knows what the definition of 'normal' is anymore. Property visits, office stuff, meeting with clients, phone calls, getting yelled at, you know, just the normal kind of things. I did get to sleep a little bit later this morning, and I did not have to rush around to get out of the house and in to the office. Tomorrow will be a different story altogether. Start prepping for a broadcast class at about 8:15 or 8:30, and the class goes from 9 til 1. I'm getting more and more comfortable with the broadcast class stuff, but I am still at the top of my game when I an in the classroom WITH people. I am not sure my presentation style comes across 'at a distance.' But, what is the worst that can happen? By 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, it will just be history, and I will be off to something else! Perfect! Can you sense the insecurity there? Me too! Oh, and there was a closing today, too! Congratulations to Tosalyn and Jack, soon to be proud homeowners. The other side closes tomorrow. Fingers crossed!Numinous -- Adjective. 1. supernatural, mysterious. 2. filled with a sense of the presence of divinity. 3. appealing to the aesthetic sense. "The book is fervently, strangely alive, and, like many peculiar, numinous things, 'The Peregrine' has its circle of admirers." Cynthia Zarin, The New Yorker, April 17, 2017
Did You Know? Numinous is from the Latin word numen, meaning "divine will" or "nod" (it suggests a figurative nodding, of assent or of command, of the diving head). English speakers have been using numen for centuries with the meaning "a spiritual force or influence." We began using numinous in the mid-1600s, subsequently endowing it with several senses: "supernatural" or "mysterious" (as in "possessed of a numinous energy force"), "holy" (as in "the numinous atmosphere of the catacombs"), and "appealing to the aesthetic sense" (as in "the numinous nuances of her art"). We also created the nouns numinousness and numinosity, although these are rare.
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