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21 Mar 2008, 3:33 pm
This my 7 year old's favorite song. 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvKbGQRrWCM[/youtube]
21 Mar 2008, 3:40 pm
21 Mar 2008, 3:41 pm
cosmiccat wrote:
Quoting Sartesue:
I think this is part of the signature of Professor Pretorious.
Yes it is, I checked.
"I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go." ~Theodore Roethke
Quote:
I wake to sleep.
I think this is part of the signature of Professor Pretorious.
Yes it is, I checked.
"I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go." ~Theodore Roethke
And of course, CosmicCat beats me to it...
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21 Mar 2008, 5:35 pm
DeaconBlues wrote:
THE WAKING
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me, so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
- Theodore Roethke, 1952
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me, so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
- Theodore Roethke, 1952
Taking the waking slowly but surely topic
This is a great poem, DeaconBlues. I never really heard of this guy. I will investigate. Thanks.
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21 Mar 2008, 6:29 pm
blessedmom wrote:
This my 7 year old's favorite song.
Es muy lindo, mamacita. Is there swoopy dancing around the loungeroom while it is on?
21 Mar 2008, 8:07 pm
Nan wrote:
blessedmom wrote:
Nan wrote:
blessedmom wrote:
Hypothetically, I think she knows what her hypothetical friend thinks.
Uhhh, actually, "she" doesn't have a clue.
"She" mentioned it a few weeks(?) ago and her not really adventurous friend told her that she would stay where she is, as she knows the ropes and the stress may not be worth the money. But her friend is sort of a moron when it comes to all matters financial...... 
It may be best to listen to those whose heads aren't in the clouds most of the time. 
Ohyeah. When the "unoffical" word came through. Senior Moment there. I actually hadn't really expected they were really going to ask. But they did.
I'm thinking the answer will be "no, but thanks for thinking of me". I'm already twitchy, if I crater out it's not like there are plenty of jobs to just walk into at my age (ageism does exist - especially if you LOOK like you're not under 40) and there's no safety net out there anymore. Not worth taking the chance of losing the house, becoming ill, and draining my bank account over it. Not to mention what's left of my sanity. Already been down that road, there's not enough time left in my working career to recover from a total blow-out again.
I could probably do it by completely red-lining my health and mental state for the three years, and I'd be limping badly at the end. If I managed to make it that long, I could then move on - assuming the economy pulled up by then. There's a lot of big "ifs" there.... No, I think if I was 25 or 30 I'd go for it. Not now, this late in my "career". There's too much to lose without the time to put it back together again.
Of course, did this kind of thing come along when I WAS 25 or 30? No. Could I have handled it anyway? No, not then. Not in a million years.Life's all about timing.
Thanks for the feedback.
I respect you for that.
I must say I am 25-30, so I would take the chance
But I've never been in that position.
21 Mar 2008, 8:36 pm
Time to rant!
I have two computers -2 computers! Can I get onto one computer? No!
Why? two grandsons are playing games on one and having looong discusions on strategies etc.
...and Smelena....if it's not WP it's film making for youtube.
And I am enjoying the time enormously. We've been to the beach and frolicked, and the boys have ridden their bikes. We have had so much fun.
The dogs are exhausted and contented.
21 Mar 2008, 8:37 pm
21 Mar 2008, 9:06 pm
21 Mar 2008, 10:46 pm
nannarob wrote:
Time to rant!
I have two computers -2 computers! Can I get onto one computer? No!
Why? two grandsons are playing games on one and having looong discusions on strategies etc.
...and Smelena....if it's not WP it's film making for youtube.
And I am enjoying the time enormously. We've been to the beach and frolicked, and the boys have ridden their bikes. We have had so much fun.
The dogs are exhausted and contented.
I have two computers -2 computers! Can I get onto one computer? No!
Why? two grandsons are playing games on one and having looong discusions on strategies etc.
...and Smelena....if it's not WP it's film making for youtube.
And I am enjoying the time enormously. We've been to the beach and frolicked, and the boys have ridden their bikes. We have had so much fun.
The dogs are exhausted and contented.
Hi Robyn. Sounds like you've got a full house and not a dull moment and enjoying every minute of it
. Keeps you young, right?
21 Mar 2008, 10:54 pm
SleepyDragon wrote:
blessedmom wrote:
This my 7 year old's favorite song.
Es muy lindo, mamacita. Is there swoopy dancing around the loungeroom while it is on? There was swoopy, whacky dancing in my house all morning and most of the afternoon. My two younger boys went to stay with their dad for the Easter holiday (YIPPEE!! !) and my oldest son spent the entire day at a friend's house. That left me and lil' girl to dance and do housework and eat cookies and ice cream for lunch. If I had big floppy hats and huge old jewellry I'm sure we would have played dress-up, too.
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21 Mar 2008, 11:30 pm
sartresue wrote:
I am sorry you are so wound up, Hartz. I could sleep for ever. I wake to sleep. 
I took some Valerian, hoping it would help me to sleep, last night. Instead, I couldn't sleep at all! I had forgotten that Valerian sometimes has that weird effect on me. So got up and tried to make myself tired by doing errands. I didn't actually get sleepy until about 3:30 pm. While napping, I was awakened by next door neighbor, who decided to play loud music, accompanied by loud shuffling and banging of furniture. (He's usually quiet as a mouse.) SO I had to get up and am now walking like a zombie. It's full moon, too. Makes everything seem much worse than it is.
22 Mar 2008, 12:28 am
hartzofspace wrote:
sartresue wrote:
I am sorry you are so wound up, Hartz. I could sleep for ever. I wake to sleep.
I took some Valerian, hoping it would help me to sleep, last night. Instead, I couldn't sleep at all! I had forgotten that Valerian sometimes has that weird effect on me. So got up and tried to make myself tired by doing errands. I didn't actually get sleepy until about 3:30 pm. While napping, I was awakened by next door neighbor, who decided to play loud music, accompanied by loud shuffling and banging of furniture. (He's usually quiet as a mouse.) SO I had to get up and am now walking like a zombie. It's full moon, too. Makes everything seem much worse than it is.
Awwwww.... I[m so sorry to hear you can't sleep.
I've had that problem all my life. I will have nights where I can't sleep and sometimes I don't even know why.
It's not like I do anything that keeps me up, nor is there necessarily something on my mind.
Would you like me to say a prayer for you? I would be happy to.
btw, here is a stream for a beautiful music station that I like to go to sleep to sometimes. I have trouble relaxing, but this music will put me to sleep inside of 45 minutes.
Actually, I can never sleep without some music or something to help me.
http://www.kahm.info/kahm.php
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22 Mar 2008, 1:43 am
hartzofspace wrote:
Me three... Can't sleep. Been up since last night, and my mind is racing.
Can't sleep. Been up since last night, and my mind is racing.Moon out Full tonight, Sun in Aries, Moon in Scorpio. My sun sign is Scorpio and my moon is Aries. I love this astrological weather, and I got my cortisone treatment in my knee and am walking to work.
Merle
22 Mar 2008, 2:52 am
Sins, I'm jealous of your cortisone shot...
Lurking and aspie as hell...
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22 Mar 2008, 2:55 am
Rjaye wrote:
Sins, I'm jealous of your cortisone shot...
Lurking and aspie as hell...
Lurking and aspie as hell...
best damn part of paying for health insurance
Merle
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