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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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Thursday, January 30, 2003
Friends and Family
Here is an article about my cousin Donna's husband Lynn's promotion to King of the State Troopers. It's in the Tennessean, and there's another in the Herald, but I didn't find it online. He worked his way up to this and will do a good job, I know. He's a really nice guy and such a good match for Donna. I'm happy for them both and glad they found each other. They didn't mention Donna in the article, but I wish they had.
My friend Jackie Jonas is a wonderful storyteller and also a former corporate trainer and has an MBA. She's been teaching computer classes at some colleges in Pittsburgh, and we've been talking about teaching and all kinds of things today on the phone. She never heard from the Renaissance Center about doing that one-woman show Middle Passage. They probably forgot about it and needed someone to promote the idea. I still hope this can happen because that was such a wonderful performance that it would be great for her to do it here. She's going to contact them, and we hope it can happen.
I'm planning to go to the Nashville Public Library tomorrow with Emma. I'm going to get a card which I'm excited about since there is a much larger selection and the building downtown is beautiful. I can return books to the Bellevue branch and go there some too. I wish our library weren't so dark and depressing. I've always felt at home in libraries and have way too many books in my own house, so it's sad that this is the first one I haven't liked. I really don't though.
You might have noticed the new link to Michelle's blog. She's made comments on here and is Michelle Bell from Dickson. I was her homebound teacher for the longest bout of mono on record, we think! I taught her an entire semester. Well, I taught her some things. She taught herself Algebra II, and we brought in reinforcements for honors chemistry there for a while since I still have nightmares from college chemistry and redox equations. Michelle was also Brian's first girlfriend, and those pictures from three proms bring back memories. She's married and lives in California now as those of you who read her comments on here know. She just began her blog and is making progress with it.
Do any of you know when the new movie theater is going to open? I'm really looking forward to this!
12:23:00 PM
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