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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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Friday, February 14, 2003
Orange Alert
Last night I was watching TV with Columbo and Brigit when I heard the strangest sound. It sounded like a garbled voice shouting something indistinguishable through a megaphone. I jumped up still holding Columbo and tried to find the source but couldn't. We looked out the windows and then heard it again. I was sort of scared. Silence. Then again. What could it be? This time I traced it to the kitchen. Weird, I thought. It sounds as if someone is saying something about a low battery. Yes, they were. It was the computerized voice of the smoke and carbon monoxide detector telling me the battery was low! I took it down and actually had some new batteries that fit it since I bought a whole package of them at Sam's for the remote control. They sell nothing in small amounts there. What a relief to replace those batteries since there is no way to ignore that thing when it announces its warnings. That's good in case there ever is a fire or carbon monoxide threat unless I've sealed myself in my house with plastic sheets and duct tape by then and can't get out.
Happy Valentine's Day!
2:04:00 PM
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