m[us]ings
noun or verb: (myoōz-ings) instance or period of reflection, inspiration, creative influence, stimulus, formal afflatus, a divine creative impulse.
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Counting the Go Days
February 18, 2011 | Johan | forecast, Georgia Straight, kayaking, Project30, weather | comment »
Crossing the Georgia Straight… by kayak… in March… can only be done with a stable weather window. We’ve only counted 2 “Go Days” in the last two weeks! But I KNOW that the window will be there when the time comes. I have no doubt Aeolus, God of the Winds, will look favorably upon our expedition.
Go to Aiolos, king of the Sky-born Winds, and to him too convey my wishes, which are that he should order all the winds of heaven to cease. The sea must not be ruffled by a breeze. All I ask for is a soft air from the west . . .
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4. 762 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) :