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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, May 15, 2004
Nashville Zoo
I just discovered from my son Brian's online journal that the Nashville Zoo has a website. It's really neat. The zoo is relatively new and a great place to spend some time. Brendan's birthday was the first time I'd been since they moved to Grassmere. The red pandas were amazing. I didn't know they existed and really enjoyed learning about them. They look sort of like large foxes with raccoon masks - or as Brian described them, large foxes as drawn by Japanese animators. The clouded leopards were fun to watch since they were young and playful. This page has photos at the bottom. The little meercats are so cute, too. This zoo trip is where I learned that there are no blue feathers. Melissa knows everything about plants and animals and told me about it when we looked at the blue macaws. Their feathers are black and reflect blue. Did you know this? Probably Michael did. I asked around at school, and the science people knew it but not the rest of us. None of them ever told me about it in the biology and anatomy classes I took. I feel cheated by my education.
6:11:00 PM
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