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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, February 20, 2003
Green Hills
I went to Green Hills to the dental hygienist today. She cleaned and checked my teeth. Always on the cutting edge there, she used some kind of laser device to find the bare beginnings of cavities which the dentist was able to take care of today. Since they were so small, he used some kind of air blasting instrument which required no face-numbing novacaine. Then he filled it using lasers too. How about that for a non-scientific or dental explanation. I think this is what happened since I couldn't ask questions until it was over. I asked how he did it and he said just what I saw. I guess he thinks he has mirrors on his safety glasses and mask. I told him I couldn't see very well, so he explained it sort of. Anyway, they said my teeth were doing well considering what I've been through. Since chemo is hard on everything, people often have dental problems because it affects saliva. Thank goodness I didn't have radiation since I'm sure that wreaks havoc with teeth - especially when I'd have had it on my neck. It would have destroyed those salivary glands and who knows what else!
There were some books I needed to take back to the library and forgot them yesterday, so I went to the Green Hills Branch. It's really nice there. It's so exciting to go to branches of the library and spend time there. I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner, but I'm enjoying it now. I went by what was briefly Goldie's Deli in the mall but is now a hamburger place. I wanted a Reuben but didn't want to drive to Noshville for one so just had something else. That deli didn't last too long there. There's a big turnover in Nashville for restaurants.
5:56:00 PM
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