Let Ithaka be always in your thoughts.
To get there is your goal and destiny.
But do not hasten to your journeyâs end:
itâs better if it lasts for many years
so that you'll reach the island when youâre old,
wealthy with all youâve gained along the way,
not hoping Ithaka will make you rich.
Your marvellous journey is Ithakaâs gift.
Without her you would not have started out.
But she has nothing more to give you now.
And if you find she's poor, youâve not been fooled.
So wise have you become, so much youâve learned,
that you will know what Ithakas must be.
Source: Seen in passing on X-Twitter. Holler if you want the whole thing.
Author/Translator: Armand D'Angour, Professor of Classics, Oxford. Cello lover. Larkin about. Turning life into Latin verse, one hexameter at a time. Podcast âItâs All Greek (& Latin!) to Meâ.
Posted: Feb 06
A buyer brought us some just-about-ready-to-bloom tulips in a pot. I smelled them and they smelled of Sprng. đ I put them in our bedroom and the morning, four of the tulips had opened. Peach-coloured! Heavenly.
Barbara – Yes, spring flowers are the best.