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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Saturday, November 30, 2002
No Segues for Me, Please
Years ago my nephew Andy told us he wanted a Chia Pet for Christmas. Of course, he said it with that cute, dimpled grin of his and mischievous twinkling eyes. I was tempted to get him one but didn't. I think Amy might have but am not sure. It would be typical in our family since we go for the joke and pick on each other all we can. A friend mentioned Chia Pets recently which reminded me of Andy's request. Now they remind me of my hair which I hope grows back as thickly. What does Chia mean anyway? Where does that word come from? I miss a lot that others catch on to or have known quite a while, so I'm used to it. At least with gossip, you can count on knowing its made the rounds by the time I know about it. After hearing they've already known it for ages, I guess that's why I don't pass it on to others. I'm that way about some of the news, too, and have spent quite a bit of my life catching up. OK, OK, I do it in conversations as well and come back to topics that were discussed five minutes earlier or more and also ask too many questions.
When I said I was using "chemohead" as a reason for memory lapses and anything else convenient, my clever and quick son Brian asked if it were retroactive. Oh, sharper than a serpent's tooth, right? LOL
Being so sleepy yesterday had to do with its being the third day after treatment. I thought about it later on and realized that's what was going on. I took a nap and still slept last night. Today is better so far.
I watched Alan Jackson's special last night and really enjoyed it. I like him. Their middle daughter was right at home performing. My sister-in-law Janelle and her husband went to see him in concert. Notice whose name I didn't mention? Hahahaha! That's the way I've introduced them for many years, though.
Garden Force is making a garden for Nelson Mandela on their show today which the host said was appropriate since Mandela wrote in his autobiography that a garden was something he could control while in prison. Planting a seed, tending it, watching it grow, and harvesting it provided a sense of freedom. Local artists and materials contributed to and were used for it. Alan (host and landscaper) asked him if the garden would be of use to him, and Mandela said as long as he had time to be there (at home), he would take care of it.
It's a pretty, sunny day and cool. My Chia Pet Columbo, the Velveteen poodle cat, still feels like velvet and looks cute shaved like a little silver-gray lion. He's much more active now and seems to like his new look. Still tempting to do this periodically - every year or so.
11:12:00 AM
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