Sunday, May 27, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Bampa
It was such a treat to get to visit with Bampa on his quick trip up from the land of golden sun - Arizona.
Friday, May 18, 2007
1st Grade Field Trip to Point Defiance
Mike & Carrie's group: Zach, Caleb, Jon, Konnor,
Larry, Hayden & Colton.
Happy Anniversary (#11) to us today!
This walrus seemed to like me - it hung out and
stared at my camera for a long time!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
"the happiness itself remains a memory...."
My current favorite author is Alexander McCall Smith. I enjoy his wit and the fact that he doesn't write "fluff"! I just finished Espresso Tales, the sequel to 44 Scotland Street, and it ended with a poem that struck a chord with me....
"Dear one, how many years is it - I forget-
Since that luminous evening when you joined us
In the celebration of whatever it was that we were celebrating - I
forget-
It is a mark of a successful celebration
That one should have little recollection of the cause;
As long as the happiness itself remains a memory.
Our tiny planet, viewed from afar, is a place of swirling clouds
And dimmish blue; Scotland*, though lodged large in all our hearts
Is invisible at that distance, not much perhaps,
But to us it is our all, our place, the opposite of nowhere;
Nowhere can be seen by looking up
And realising, with shock, that we really are very small;
You would say, yes, we are but never overcompensate,
Be content with small places, the local, the short story
Rather than the saga; take pleasure in private jokes,
In expressions that cannot be translated,
In references that can be understood by only two or three,
But which speak with such eloquence for small places
And the fellowship of those whom you know so well
And whose sayings and moods are as familiar
As the weather; these mean everything,
They mean the world, they mean the world."
*I insert Westport:)
"Dear one, how many years is it - I forget-
Since that luminous evening when you joined us
In the celebration of whatever it was that we were celebrating - I
forget-
It is a mark of a successful celebration
That one should have little recollection of the cause;
As long as the happiness itself remains a memory.
Our tiny planet, viewed from afar, is a place of swirling clouds
And dimmish blue; Scotland*, though lodged large in all our hearts
Is invisible at that distance, not much perhaps,
But to us it is our all, our place, the opposite of nowhere;
Nowhere can be seen by looking up
And realising, with shock, that we really are very small;
You would say, yes, we are but never overcompensate,
Be content with small places, the local, the short story
Rather than the saga; take pleasure in private jokes,
In expressions that cannot be translated,
In references that can be understood by only two or three,
But which speak with such eloquence for small places
And the fellowship of those whom you know so well
And whose sayings and moods are as familiar
As the weather; these mean everything,
They mean the world, they mean the world."
*I insert Westport:)
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