[lit-ideas] A clean matutinal freshness
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- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:16:02 +0200
I started this message yesterday, before the discussion of 'obsolete'
words hit the list - and now it seems appropriate, so I'll send the
completed fragment.
The phrase "a clean matutinal freshness" is from Iris Murdoch's AN
UNOFFICIAL ROSE (chapter 20), which I am currently re-reading.
Wikipedia tells me that "Mater Matuta was an indigenous Roman goddess,
whom the Romans eventually made equivalent to the dawn goddess Aurora,
and the Greek goddess Eos" (whose rosy fingers enjoy Homeric celebrity).
A certain late summer 'clean matutinal freshness' aptly describes the
atmosphere out on the balcony of the new apartment where I've just
breakfasted, UNOFFICIAL ROSE in hand. The park across the street
resounds with the clatter of children playing (whatever implements
they are using to create that clattering are hidden by a screen of
oak, birch, hawthorn and maple, through which the filtered sun plays
on the geranium, calla and passionflower that adorn the breakfast
table).
Bookshelves for the new apartment have been bought new, costing far
less than the lumber and hardware required to build even the most
simple construction. A total of approximately 40 meters (about 130
feet) of new shelving do not suffice to replace the space for books in
the old house, so many treasures remain entombed in cardboard boxes,
to be exhumed at some later date, where they will be celebrated as
they are restored to light of day and consciousness ...
Chris Bruce,
transplanted, in
Kiel, Germany
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