In Greek and Roman mythology, it refers to each of the nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences. It also refers to “a person or a personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. “Yeats’ muse, Maud Gonne.”

For those of us who grew up on Webster’s dictionary, now referred to as Miriam Webster, additional context is offered for the word as a verb: “to become absorbed in thought especially to the book about something g carefully and thoroughly musing about what might have been.” Merriam-Webster also offers us a definition of the word as a noun: “a source of inspiration especially a guiding genius.”

I invite you to browse the blog entries below as an introduction to the book, My Morning Musings