http://vocamus.net/jlh/2008/08/31/the-genuflection-of-the-moment/ Reading, writing, continental philosophy, documentary film, and, of course, fruit preserves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:33:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://vocamus.net/jlh/2008/08/31/the-genuflection-of-the-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-332 David Humphrey Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:33:48 +0000 http://vocamus.net/jlh/?p=137#comment-332 Surely that is no coincidence. I love it! Surely that is no coincidence. I love it!

]]> http://vocamus.net/jlh/2008/08/31/the-genuflection-of-the-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-331 jeremylukehill Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:27:47 +0000 http://vocamus.net/jlh/?p=137#comment-331 Dave, considering the root of the word 'advesperate', it may interest you to know that I wrote this little reflection at a place we call Vesper Point. Dave, considering the root of the word ‘advesperate’, it may interest you to know that I wrote this little reflection at a place we call Vesper Point.

]]> http://vocamus.net/jlh/2008/08/31/the-genuflection-of-the-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-329 David Humphrey Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:04:26 +0000 http://vocamus.net/jlh/?p=137#comment-329 There is a verb for this, 'advesperate,' meaning "to approach evening," the moment when day turns to night. I know this because I'm reading a wonderful book that I'll lend you when I'm done, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399533982/ref=cm_rdp_product_img" rel="nofollow">Ammon Shea's "Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages."</a>. That it is so named, and present in the OED, is like a picture of a million sunsets, and it made me so happy to read it that I had to pause and put the book down. There is a verb for this, ‘advesperate,’ meaning “to approach evening,” the moment when day turns to night. I know this because I’m reading a wonderful book that I’ll lend you when I’m done, Ammon Shea’s “Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages.”. That it is so named, and present in the OED, is like a picture of a million sunsets, and it made me so happy to read it that I had to pause and put the book down.

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