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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
Tag Archives: Miscellany
Clothespins, Scotland
One of those stretching-off-into-the-distance pictures that make me regret time not spent on mastering depth of field. Continue reading
Bottle Cap, Ottawa ON
Continuing with this week’s theme of small round objects embedded in the ground, a beer bottle cap catches my eye in a nature preserve. Continue reading
Lollygaggers & Neurological Deficits
Musings about neurological deficits, prompted by my proven inability to recognize vehicles. Even my own. Continue reading
Garage-sale Triptych
We had a community garage sale on Saturday. It’s an activity that requires more patience and perseverance than attention. Continue reading
An Empirical Test Could Help
And, of course, you’ll see the water draining the other way. Before our trip to New Zealand and Australia, several people primed us to watch for a counter-clockwise spin in the bathtub or toilet. Coriolis effect, you know, they’d say. … Continue reading
Animal-Print Friday
Today is Friday, Day 5 of our conspiracy. Through the power of group mailing lists on e-mail — relatively novel in 2001 — the women in our office have coordinated their clothes, wearing a different colour each day. Continue reading
That Which Does Not Kill Us
Gastroenteritis (also known as gastric flu, stomach flu, gastro and stomach virus, although unrelated to influenza) is marked by inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract involving both the stomach and small intestine resulting in diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal cramps. Source: Wikipedia … Continue reading