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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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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Hodgepodge
TV
I just cried all the way through West Wing for all kinds of reasons. That's my favorite show in TV because of the amazing writing. The actors have so much to work with. The ending was such a surprise but actually makes sense. Now I have no idea what's going to happen. What a cliffhanger!
My other favorite show, Judging Amy, also had surprises last night. I can't believe Gillian died. I wonder what that's all about. Sometimes actors want to leave shows and sometimes it's part of the plot. I can't imagine why this is going on. We've barely recovered from Richard Crenna's death which they incorporated realistically into the show. Now Gillian? In real life, things seem to happen like that all at once until we are numb.
My Job
It's official now. I'm going to teach at Creek Wood, the new high school which is between Charlotte and White Bluff on Hwy 47. Janey Jones is principal there, and they are just finishing their first year of operation. The way it sounds now, I'll get to teach 11th grade English and get back to American Lit again. I'm looking forward to that. If I teach a couple more years, I can retire and will have taught in every school in the county. When I taught Challenge Class, we went from school to school for several years which is how that happened. More on all this when I find out what I'll be teaching.
9:52:00 PM
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