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Poetry of the Week
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 yearsso 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
Category Archives: Photos of Fauna
Time Well Planned
A vague intention becomes a plan and an actuality. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Birds, Reflections
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Unpredictably Predictable
My last 2023 visit to Huntington Beach State Park last week was much like all the others, this year and other years: Wonderfully predictable and unpredictable. Predictable in the generalities; unpredictable in the specifics. Predictable: Seeing alligators. Unpredictable: Seeing so … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Reptiles
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More Time Well Wasted
Another 90 minutes at the beach park. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Reptiles
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And a Bargain at That
Getting our money’s worth. Continue reading
Old Friends & New
More anthropomorphic musings. Not that that’s a bad thing. Continue reading
Path-sign Face
New faces and old familiar places. Continue reading
Flesh Flies
Where have you been all my life? Continue reading
Mind the Gap. Or Not.
Float like a butterfly, crawl like a wasp. Continue reading
Pinky Winky Strikes Again
Dispatches from an early-morning expotition to the front garden. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora
Tagged Flowers, Insects, Other Plants
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