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Tuesday 27 April 2021

Thing To Do Today: shimmer.

 To shimmer is to glow faintly with a mysterious and beguiling light.

There are, as far as I can see, four ways to make oneself shimmer. Coat oneself in a powder that contains tiny reflective flakes:


photo by Vanessatevesti

 or one could wear a hi-vis jacket with a couple of layers of net curtain draped over it; find some moonlight to pose in; or shove a torch down your bra.

If you're trying to attract someone try the first or third; if you're trying to repel them then the second or last should, I think, be remarkably effective.

Thing To Do Today: shimmer. This word was scimerian in Old English. The word is related to the Low German schēmeren, which means to grow dark, and the Old Norse skimi, which means brightness.

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