I won’t be around much today (Saturday) and tomorrow because my dear friend L will be in town. I’ll tell you about her sometime. But if I don’t go and mop my kitchen floor right now, I’ll be too embarrassed to let her in the door.
So for now, I’ll leave you with this:
Moving Forward
The deep parts of my life pour onward,
as if the river shores were opening out.
It seems that things are more like me now,
That I can see farther into paintings.
I feel closer to what language can’t reach.
With my senses, as with birds, I climb
into the windy heaven, out of the oak,
in the ponds broken off from the sky
my falling sinks, as if standing on fishes.
–Rainer Maria Rilke, trans. by Robert Bly
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Have a great time, Jennifer.
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Have a great visit with your friend.
(I bet she doesn’t care about the floor, btw.)
Have a great weekend!
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Cool poem. My poetry professor, the poet George Kalamaras, is a big Rilke fan.
Now get mopping . . . !
Brian
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Have a really fun day. Do the kitchen floor really quickly because as long as the big chunks are gone it should be OK!
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Have a great time–old friends are the best.
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Love that Steve Earle.
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Um, why would you even WANT to get off a Steve Earle kick? Just wondering.
Enjoy your company!
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Um, wow – you can *mop* your floor? I have to shovel everything off mine first. I’m no longer embarrassed. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.
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Hope you are having a wonderful weekend .. catching up with old friends and enjoying making new memories
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Hope you have a wonderful time. I’m pretty sure the “L” is the one I’m thinking of?
The kitchen floor. Wet a paper towel and just go around the edges beneath the counter. Looks like you just mopped the whole thing!
Adore this poem, Rilke in general. Hope the time with your friend is good!
Never a bad time to bust out a Rilke poem!
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Have fun with your friend! 🙂
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So the weekend is over and the floor was obviously mopped – was she impressed? Loved the Rilke. You definitely beat the pants off of me as his number one fan. 😉
Hope your time with your friend is grand. Beautiful poem you shared. I love it.
Take your time but come back to us.
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Lovely poem, about being in touch with essence.
Have a wonderful time with your friend!
are you back yet? how was it? hope everything went well…
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Have a great time with your friend.
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