What a poignant pairing - most pleasing to this regionalist with a smattering of Latin study way back. Here I was all worked up about my homelands (“Breathes there a man with soul so dead?” Not here - no, not here), when my highly spotty Latin caught words like “bello passus” in relation to Italy, Latin, and Rome. I wouldn’t be able to translate much, but I heard the bass drum of rootlessness and war, and it was sadder for following Scott’s attachment to home. Or so it landed with me.
Thank you for staying late to make the recording. I think with an office like that you could record more often. The bookshelves are an inspiration! It’s also a delight to hear you read your favorites. 🙌👌
Tara, you're always so generous in your comments. Thank you, and I'm glad you enjoyed it and found the pairing effective. It was a good way to end the afternoon (or I guess start the evening) after several hours of advising appointments.
The bookshelves *are* pretty full, aren't they. Students tend to look in and say, "Wow, that's a lot of books...." They don't realize that just across the hall there is a second, slightly larger office on which I claimed squatter's rights some years back--the one silver lining to a shrinking faculty!--that I have packed even more full of books. Most of which I think I can locate when needed.... : )
What a poignant pairing - most pleasing to this regionalist with a smattering of Latin study way back. Here I was all worked up about my homelands (“Breathes there a man with soul so dead?” Not here - no, not here), when my highly spotty Latin caught words like “bello passus” in relation to Italy, Latin, and Rome. I wouldn’t be able to translate much, but I heard the bass drum of rootlessness and war, and it was sadder for following Scott’s attachment to home. Or so it landed with me.
Thank you for staying late to make the recording. I think with an office like that you could record more often. The bookshelves are an inspiration! It’s also a delight to hear you read your favorites. 🙌👌
Tara, you're always so generous in your comments. Thank you, and I'm glad you enjoyed it and found the pairing effective. It was a good way to end the afternoon (or I guess start the evening) after several hours of advising appointments.
The bookshelves *are* pretty full, aren't they. Students tend to look in and say, "Wow, that's a lot of books...." They don't realize that just across the hall there is a second, slightly larger office on which I claimed squatter's rights some years back--the one silver lining to a shrinking faculty!--that I have packed even more full of books. Most of which I think I can locate when needed.... : )
You have an annex! Wonderful. Way to find that silver lining. 😅