tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post872702912131919044..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: Word serendipityKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-85751049461579681152008-11-01T21:41:00.000+10:302008-11-01T21:41:00.000+10:30I've always loved that word. For me it's sunset li...I've always loved that word. For me it's sunset light, softly golden with grey and purple highlights.<BR/><BR/>On Friday night I drove past our old house as I do every few months, and my Crepescule was blooming like crazy, totally taking over the front verandah and looking bloody magnificent. I felt like a proud but wistful parent.Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-51965938407564932622008-10-31T19:50:00.000+10:302008-10-31T19:50:00.000+10:30I heard the story that Noah Webster, of Websters D...I heard the story that Noah Webster, of Websters Dictionary fame, on his deathbed said, as his last words, something along the lines of: "The room is growing crepuscular".<BR/><BR/>As far as last words go, I thought that was the perfect way for a dictionary compiler to go out: to send everyone running for their dictionariesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-73704749405550320892008-10-31T15:28:00.000+10:302008-10-31T15:28:00.000+10:30A similar word in meaning is 'gloaming'. The best ...A similar word in meaning is 'gloaming'. The best description I know is from Melville Davisson Post's 'A Twilight Adventure':<BR/>'There is a long twilight in these hills. The sun departs, but the day remains. A sort of weird, dim, elfin day, that dawns at sunset and envelops and possesses the world.'<BR/>Check out the full text sometime, and its killer close: 'It is a world that we do not understand, for we are creatures of the sun, and we are fearful lest we come upon things at work here, of which we have no experience, and that may be able to justify themselves against our reason.' Lucy SussexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-85032699019539219842008-10-31T14:42:00.000+10:302008-10-31T14:42:00.000+10:30I associate it with the beautiful tune Thelonious ...I associate it with the beautiful tune Thelonious Monk wrote for his wife, "Crepuscle with Nellie".Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361330734876130185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-55804108646835860592008-10-31T12:32:00.000+10:302008-10-31T12:32:00.000+10:30For me, it's sunlight -- specifically, the rays yo...For me, it's sunlight -- specifically, the rays you can sometimes see at sunrise or sunset (as in <A HREF="http://flickr.com/photos/sneedleflipsock/276846539" REL="nofollow">this photo</A>). Bonus trivia: when the rays shine through a hole in a cloud, producing the same effect but at any time of day, it's called Jacob's Ladder.flipsockgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798206057429007331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-58651559040496774502008-10-31T11:33:00.000+10:302008-10-31T11:33:00.000+10:30I think I probably met it first in French: at leas...I think I probably met it first in French: at least it makes me think of BaudekaireJonathan Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578332677544175692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-73630612831992962012008-10-31T11:03:00.000+10:302008-10-31T11:03:00.000+10:30It makes me think of ghouls, because I read it in ...It makes me think of ghouls, because I read it in Lovecraft. It's a favourite word of his - he being a writer of night-time terrors and all. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and once I used it to describe the slow pace of a tram - apparently my brain made the connection 'crepuscular' + 'creep'.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-68831298275309218922008-10-31T10:45:00.000+10:302008-10-31T10:45:00.000+10:30The first time I heard it was in relation to anima...The first time I heard it was in relation to animals. Cats, it was, who are apparently not nocturnal as is usually believed but crepuscular. Lovely word. It makes me think of grey velvet. My second favourite, surpassed only by gubernatorial.M-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409916623998907121noreply@blogger.com