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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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Monday, March 03, 2003
The Sun Came Out Tomorrow!
Finally!! At last!! The sun is shining! We've all been nuts because we had 17 straight days of no sunshine. Not that January and the beginning of February were much better. There were occasional but weak bits of sunshine through the rain, gray skies, snow, rain, cloudy days, snow, rain, bleakness, more rain, and dismal dreariness. My cousin Sally and I went to see The Life of David Gale Saturday and cringed during the rainy parts and rejoiced when it was clear. If we'd seen Angela's Ashes, we'd have gone over the edge for sure. This miracle of nature is supposed to last all week, so perhaps our spirits will lift and our energy will return. It's been so blah that it's made me rethink wanting to live in the UK but not wanting to visit there and have a British man of my own. Maybe the Brits don't miss what they haven't had - sunshine and blue skies, among other things. When I was there during the summer of 1990 it was sunny and not too hot, though.
That's one of the reasons I really like Arizona. I've discovered that the secret of happiness is low humidity. I'd like to live there in central AZ since it's 15-20 degrees cooler in the summer than it is here and has low humidity. It's just too hot in the southern part. As my cousin Emily said, the air feels like a blow dryer. Maybe I can work things out and live in different places during the year. Sometimes I have had the fantasy of roaming about in an RV and living in various places for a while. I could get jobs there, meet people, and move on somewhere else like the Lone Ranger. I already have a silver car but need a Tonto. Well, now I'm just getting silly. Must be the sunshine!
Sally and I liked The Life of David Gale despite all the rain in it. Mostly we like it because Kevin Spacey is in it, and he's such a good actor no matter what he's in. It was suspenseful, and we didn't anticipate the ending. It wasn't one of the best movies I've seen but entertained me. I like it when I get involved in the story of a novel or movie instead of noticing how they wrote it. When a movie is really engrossing, I like to watch it again to see how it was structured. In The Bedroom was that way and hit all its marks. The acting (Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Marisa Tomei) was wonderful in it, too. Tom Wilkinson, who was also in The Full Monty, is in a new movie that won an award at Sundance and will be on HBO - NORMAL with Jessica Lange - which should be good. They are both incredible.
12:15:00 PM
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