..and another by Frost

RELUCTANCE

Out through the fields and the woods

And over the walls I have wended;

I have climbed the hills of view

And looked at the world, and descended;

I have come by the highway home,

And lo, it is ended.



The leaves are all dead on the ground,

Save those that the oak is keeping

To ravel them one by one

And let them go scraping and creeping

Out over the crusted snow,

When others are sleeping.



And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,

No longer blown hither and thither;

The last lone aster is gone;

The flowers of the witch hazel wither;

The heart is still aching to seek,

But the feet question "Whither?"



Ah, when to the heart of man

Was it ever less than a treason

To go with the drift of things,

To yield with a grace to reason,

And bow and accept the end

Of a love or a season?



Robert Frost

we love the things we love for what they are...

HYLA BROOKE by Robert Frost

By June our brook's run out of song and speed.
Sought for much after that, it will be found
Either to have gone groping underground
(And taken with it all the Hyla breed
That shouted in the mist a month ago,
Like ghost of sleigh bells in a ghost of snow)--
Or flourished and come up in jewelweed,
Weak foliage that is blown upon and bent,
Even against the way its waters went.
Its bed is left a faded paper sheet
Of dead leaves stuck together by the heat--
A brook to none but who remember long.
This as it will be seen is other far
Than with brooks taken otherwhere in song.
We love the things we love for what they are.

I'm working on a collection of 20 poem's for a children's literature class i'm taking, and this is one I really enjoyed, but didn't make the cut. I love the words, jewelweed, otherwhere, groping underground. lovely!

We had the most wonderful trip with good friends both old and new. We spent a week on a Caribbean Celebrity cruise without any kids! It was pure luxury, white sandy beaches each day, fine dining at night & tons of uninterrupted time to catch up and have fun with each other.
I was happy because I had just seen the menu and was getting ready to order about 10 courses!

Personal Blog

Sorry for the confusing switch to private and then back again.

Jim and I decided to start a personal blog so that I can post pictures and stories of Tessa to my heart's content, without worrying about who's looking at these pictures and stories. While we were on our trip our friends told us about the awesome albums they make each year of their personal blog, which are more like journals.

This blog isn't going anywhere (I love having a place to keep track of my favorite things) but it'll have less personal stories and family pictures so if you want an invite to my personal blog send me an email or comment!