Mornden

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Mornden

n.
the self-contained pajama universe shared by two people on a long weekend morning, withdrawing from the world and letting the hours slow to a crawl, coming as close as they’ll ever get to pausing the flow of time, even as they know it’ll eventually rush back in all the faster.

From morn, morning + den, a comfortable room that affords private time. Pronounced “mawrn-duhn.”

Fata Organa

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Lyssamania

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Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Trueholding

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