Let Ithaka be always in your thoughts.
To get there is your goal and destiny.
But do not hasten to your journey’s end:
it’s better if it lasts for many years
so that you'll reach the island when you’re old,
wealthy with all you’ve gained along the way,
not hoping Ithaka will make you rich.
Your marvellous journey is Ithaka’s 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, you’ve not been fooled.
So wise have you become, so much you’ve 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 “It’s All Greek (& Latin!) to Me”.
Posted: Feb 06
Isabel – As a Maritimer, this doesn’t look like a fiddlehead to me. Fiddlehead ferns only grow about 6 inches above the ground before they lose their fiddlehead shape as they grow taller and start to spread out. Plus, there is only one “fiddlehead” per fern plant.
John W
John – I’ll take your word for it. An undifferentiated fern it is!
Isabel
That is one striking picture! You take such good shots.
Tom
Tom – Thanks! You leave such good comments . . . 🙂
It looks sentient.
Barbara – Who’s watching who, eh? A tad unsettling.