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
Goodness! Couldn’t you go home and wait for a call to pick him up?
Marion – Well, they kinda like you to wait on-site. Indeed, they pretty much insist. If it weren’t a 20-minute drive and if they could better predict their finishing time, they might follow a different protocol.
I tried to post this but your website said it was a duplicate comment.
So I’m adding this at the beginning to fool it.
Goodness! Couldn’t you go home and wait for a call to pick him up?
Marion – This is odd. Someone had trouble with a delayed comment on my proposal site this week.
And there’s the original. That wasn’t there before. Oh well now I’m a spammer.
Marion – Spammer! But an inadvertent one . . .
Sympathy to your covivant. And kudos for finding so much cheer in a chilling situation.
Laurna – I will pass along your sympathies. Now that I can knit I find it’s not too terrible to be stuck somewhere for a while.
Wow! You made very good use of your time! I love your shots.
Judith – Hey! 🙂 Many thanks. A shopping-mall maintenance guy asked me why I was taking photos of signs and such. “Did you have a concern?” Um, no, just taking photos of yellow. He laughed. Thank goodness.
It’s always good to have a back-up CURIOSITY job to do when boredom threatens. Very zen.
Barbara – Yes. And this is why phone-cameras are so wonderful. I often wouldn’t have my good camera with me; I usually remember my phone.