So to make up for that last post, I offer you my all-time favorite Robert Frost poem. I do not remember the title.
Where my imaginary line
Bends square in woods an iron spine
And pile of real rocks have been founded.
And off this corner in the wild,
Where these are driven in and piled,
One tree, by being deeply wounded,
Has been impressed as Witness Tree
And made commit to memory
My proof of being not unbounded.
Thus truth's established and borne out,
Though circumstanced with dark and doubt
Though by a world of doubt surrounded.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Subconcious schlock
So I guess I've been dreaming a lot lately. I don't remember any of the dreams to tell you. But, I've woken up two days this week with something running through my head.
Exhibit A:
Which I (of course) had to sing pedaling to work that day, and hum under my breath for the next 36 hours.
Exhibit B:
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.
And this? This is inextricably tied in my head to Ponyboy, and the young Matt Dillon and Emilio Estevez, and all the budding ESL students I ever taught "The Outsiders".... What a crowd to wake up to! Sheesh.
Conclusion?
My word, is my head really that full of schlock?
Exhibit A:
Which I (of course) had to sing pedaling to work that day, and hum under my breath for the next 36 hours.
Exhibit B:
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.
And this? This is inextricably tied in my head to Ponyboy, and the young Matt Dillon and Emilio Estevez, and all the budding ESL students I ever taught "The Outsiders".... What a crowd to wake up to! Sheesh.
Conclusion?
My word, is my head really that full of schlock?
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
I can name that bird in 0 flaps
It's a Cedar Waxwing. Here's a picture from wikipedia.
I especially love the little sunglasses. And the yellow ruffle on the tail. I'm happy to meet you, Cedar Waxwing!
I especially love the little sunglasses. And the yellow ruffle on the tail. I'm happy to meet you, Cedar Waxwing!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Ahhhhhh!
A day off! Here it is! yay.
I've already gotten... well, not ahead on housework, but a bit less behind. Just knowing I had today off gave me a burst of energy yesterday after coming home from work. Toilet: scrubbed! Sink: clean! First load of dishwasher: washed and put away! We still live in what most of you would consider an absolute sty, but I feel good about the progress. And I have energy today, too. So, I am feeling pretty good.
I will have clean clothes to wear to work again on Friday. And it looks like there will be at least some sunshine today. And, the terrible humidity and heat of last week now feel like a distant memory.
I've already gotten... well, not ahead on housework, but a bit less behind. Just knowing I had today off gave me a burst of energy yesterday after coming home from work. Toilet: scrubbed! Sink: clean! First load of dishwasher: washed and put away! We still live in what most of you would consider an absolute sty, but I feel good about the progress. And I have energy today, too. So, I am feeling pretty good.
I will have clean clothes to wear to work again on Friday. And it looks like there will be at least some sunshine today. And, the terrible humidity and heat of last week now feel like a distant memory.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
OMG
What freakishly long, effed up day. ugh. I need a day off so badly! One that's really a day off, not a day where I go in to work for half or more of the day because there is just too much damn work to be done. Today, so many little things went wrong for so many people I answer to. I just put out fires all day long. And then, an hour after the work day should have ended, I biked home, had a shower, and got in the car and drove back to work for more of the same.
I just had dinner (at work) at 7:45, and that's pretty darn late for me, and then I did a couple more things, and now I am home, hallelujah. Still, my colleagues and crew are doing really great work and working as hard as I am. So, in that sense, I can't (and won't) complain. But I am really yearning both for time off and for a sense that I am finally a bit more ahead of schedule/less on the spot. And those may be contradictory wishes, at least in some senses.
And yes, you heard right, I biked to work (at least for the first stretch of it!) today, and that's the 3rd time in the last week. So, yay for that. And yay for my sweet LP who saved dinner for me at home, just in case, and for my sweet little kitty who is singing to me and giving me kitty hugs.
I just had dinner (at work) at 7:45, and that's pretty darn late for me, and then I did a couple more things, and now I am home, hallelujah. Still, my colleagues and crew are doing really great work and working as hard as I am. So, in that sense, I can't (and won't) complain. But I am really yearning both for time off and for a sense that I am finally a bit more ahead of schedule/less on the spot. And those may be contradictory wishes, at least in some senses.
And yes, you heard right, I biked to work (at least for the first stretch of it!) today, and that's the 3rd time in the last week. So, yay for that. And yay for my sweet LP who saved dinner for me at home, just in case, and for my sweet little kitty who is singing to me and giving me kitty hugs.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Melting...
In which I am an eco-weenie.
I had hopes of not putting in the AC window unit until, say, late July. But it's ho-ot. We sweltered yesterday, and gave in this morning. We both have too much work on our desks to lose another day to fanning ourselves lethargically on the porch. And fitful sleep.
The cat is hiding under the bed. I think I freaked her out with the cleaning of the air-conditioner, which involved her arch-nemesis, the vacuum cleaner. But, I also think she is pouting about the windows all being closed again, so soon. She was actually sitting in the sunniest window yesterday, in between the curtain we had pulled and the glass. Sorry, little one!
And, I'll probably drive to work again, most of the week. I *have* biked a few times without reporting it here, but not enough to merit any good eco-karma, really.
Do you think I can get some points for not flying anywhere this summer?
Ugh.
I had hopes of not putting in the AC window unit until, say, late July. But it's ho-ot. We sweltered yesterday, and gave in this morning. We both have too much work on our desks to lose another day to fanning ourselves lethargically on the porch. And fitful sleep.
The cat is hiding under the bed. I think I freaked her out with the cleaning of the air-conditioner, which involved her arch-nemesis, the vacuum cleaner. But, I also think she is pouting about the windows all being closed again, so soon. She was actually sitting in the sunniest window yesterday, in between the curtain we had pulled and the glass. Sorry, little one!
And, I'll probably drive to work again, most of the week. I *have* biked a few times without reporting it here, but not enough to merit any good eco-karma, really.
Do you think I can get some points for not flying anywhere this summer?
Ugh.
Friday, June 06, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
To my other very dear friend from way, way back. You are our rock, and I love you very much!
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Week of good news
Well, LuckyBuzz had a bay-bee!
And the group I am training this week is absolutely teh awesome. They are so good to each other, and attentive, and hard-working!
And one of my best friends ever going many, many years back, who has been looking for work, landed a real live teaching job, right in the very school hu wanted most to work in!!!! I am so, so very proud of hum!
Go Universe!
And the group I am training this week is absolutely teh awesome. They are so good to each other, and attentive, and hard-working!
And one of my best friends ever going many, many years back, who has been looking for work, landed a real live teaching job, right in the very school hu wanted most to work in!!!! I am so, so very proud of hum!
Go Universe!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Why don't you write me?
Here.
Couldn't find a video, but here's a link to listen, if you can identify!
Gearing up for a busy season. Looking forward to running around like a crazy next week, and already had a taste of that last week. I love that my current work is very seasonal. I like the gearing up and gearing down: I always have one or the other to look forward to!
I've been craving a bit more human contact, so this is good timing. Next week should be entirely people-tastic.
Some of the plants I put in last week are ok, but the saddest ones are still pretty beat, and I think that a couple of them are true 'goners'. So now I'm dithering about whether to pull them out and plant something new to work out the whole 'live plants are better than dying ones' feng shui issue, or letting them give it their best shot. I feel like I owe them a chance...
A friend of mine mentioned to me that one of the local women's shelters is in great need of money to keep functioning. I also know the food banks have been really low all year. I've been reading much about saving money and being frugal on the innernets lately, and I imagine we are all scrabbling a bit to cover fuel costs, etc., but I'll just take this opportunity to remind you: sharing what you've got feels really good. And, it's the right thing to do. Please remember all the folks who need your time and dollars, and give what you can!
Couldn't find a video, but here's a link to listen, if you can identify!
Gearing up for a busy season. Looking forward to running around like a crazy next week, and already had a taste of that last week. I love that my current work is very seasonal. I like the gearing up and gearing down: I always have one or the other to look forward to!
I've been craving a bit more human contact, so this is good timing. Next week should be entirely people-tastic.
Some of the plants I put in last week are ok, but the saddest ones are still pretty beat, and I think that a couple of them are true 'goners'. So now I'm dithering about whether to pull them out and plant something new to work out the whole 'live plants are better than dying ones' feng shui issue, or letting them give it their best shot. I feel like I owe them a chance...
A friend of mine mentioned to me that one of the local women's shelters is in great need of money to keep functioning. I also know the food banks have been really low all year. I've been reading much about saving money and being frugal on the innernets lately, and I imagine we are all scrabbling a bit to cover fuel costs, etc., but I'll just take this opportunity to remind you: sharing what you've got feels really good. And, it's the right thing to do. Please remember all the folks who need your time and dollars, and give what you can!
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