Ode to a Muffin

As writers, we bust our guts to find the right word to precisely and powerfully express the feeling-idea-mood we want to convey, the one that gives a thumbs up to the question: "Is it true, yet?"Too often, though, the choice goes hyperbolic: "Epic!" "Radical!" "Awesome!" are tossed around like confetti. An overdose of language and the feeling-idea-mood is drowned.Then there are the events that merit hyperbole. Monday's eclipse was a good example. It truly was epic (there won't be another one in my town of Corvallis, Oregon for 600 years), radical (how often does it go dark at 10:15 AM?), and awesome (not only did it give me goosebumps, it nearly brought me to tears). When it comes to the right word, context matters.