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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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Saturday, March 20, 2004
Updates
The trivia quiz will be posted later today. I'm going to Charlotte to the bicentennial celebration with Mother. Famous people will be there. Pictures will be taken. Conversations will be frequent.
ps. The celebration was interesting. I'm glad I went. Rick Hollis did a good job writing the profiles of the honorees and helping organize it. The theme was heroes. Veterans were honored; the Army National Guard band played; the memorial was unveiled which was designed by Julian Norman; and sons of Dickson County were honored from various fields. Tom Beasley represented business, Bob Clement politics, Anson Mount the arts, and Oscar Robertson athletics. "The Big O" is definitely a role model who has done so much more than his already impressive basketball career. It is an honor to associate him with our county. He became emotional during his speech when he gestured to his aunt Rosalla Bell Daniel and said, "my heart" when he was saying what this county meant to him.
It started on the lawn of the court house but was moved inside when it started raining. My pictures were too far away to show much. Earl would have known how to do it. I posted three of them after some editing to help you see anything. The first one is on the court house lawn. On that row facing us are Bard Young who portrayed Montgomery Bell, four county officials, Anson Mount, Rick Hollis, Regina Bruce, Yvonne and Oscar Robertson, Bob and Mary Clement, Wendy and Tom Beasley, Marilyn and Steve Field, Martha and David Shepard, and Robert Cullom. The Renaissance Center Singers are behind them. Marvin Corlew was the emcee. John and Anita Luther were sitting in front of me a bit. Some of you might recognize others in the photo. I did the best I could getting Oscar Robertson's picture to appear closer than I was, so it's not that clear. Anyway, there are a few pictures that worked somewhat. The ones of Anson and the others didn't do that well.
11:51:00 AM
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