The new @HaggardHawks book The Cabinet of Calm is out now!

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-cabinet-of-calm/paul-anthony-jones/9781783964703

A collection of obscure words, all chosen to provide some comfort, inspiration, or peace of mind in hard times.

Here’s a quick thread of some of the #CabinetofCalmWords you’ll find inside…

Derived from a Greek word meaning ‘to recover’, or ‘to double back’, ANACAMPSEROTE is the name of a fabled plant once supposed by herbalists to be able to restore a lost romance.

A HOWF is a popular meeting place, or a regular haunt—so if you’re HOWFFY, then you’re snug and comfortable in a place you know well.

MELIORISM is the belief that all things, no matter how bad, can always be improved—given enough determination from people willing to improve them.

An INGLE-RING is a circle of friends and family gathered around a fire.

XENODOCHY is hospitality, or the warm welcoming of strangers.

To STRAVAIG is to wander idly or aimlessly at leisure.

SYMMACHY is the act of joining or working together to produce a stronger force than could ever be managed individually—especially in order to overcome something that effects us all.

WORLDCRAFT is a collective term for the unique skills, wisdom and experience that an older person has amassed in their lifetime.

RESPAIR is the little-known opposite of ‘despair’: a word for a renewed or reinvigorated hope, or a recovery from anguish or hopelessness.

Originally a term from naval slang, the word ARMOGAN refers to the optimal conditions in which to begin a journey.