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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, July 18, 2003
More Socializing
I had lunch yesterday with Michelle (Trivia Quiz participant) and her husband Raymond. It was so good to see Michelle again after all this time. I was her homebound teacher when she had the longest case of mono on record, I think. She was also Brian's first girlfriend. Her father and my father knew each other since they bowled together. Her father and grandfather were both doctors and so is her brother. Michelle and Raymond met at Auburn when she was majoring in architecture but later changed to other majors. She's been doing various things such as being a vet tech and office manager for a chiropractor. She's back in school again studying astronomy and she'll have to fill in the rest. He has degrees in business and computer science and was working on his PhD when ILM recruiters visited his campus and offered him a job, so they moved to California. Now he has this really cool job working on movies.
We had a good time catching up and laughing. They came by the house a while. Now at least Michelle will know the difference when I send her the "after" photos if I ever get this place organized and clean. This was a bad first impression for Raymond, but I've decided not to let some cat hair and dust and clutter get in the way of visiting with friends and having fun.
3:44:00 PM
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