Saturday, February 23, 2008
Grandpa
It's been a year. I had a dream the other night. Grandpa and I were sitting together, talking. He got up and started to walk away and I said "I'll see you again, won't I?" He turned and said "Death is forever, kiddo." I woke up and wrote this freeform poem.
Death is forever, kiddo, he said.
I'd just said I'll see you again, won't I?
And that was his response.
I remembered the creases around his eyes
His unsteadiness, the limp.
How much he needed us.
I didn't realize
That I needed him too.
And I wanted him to be there
Alive, when this dream ended.
I didn't want to have to ask
It was warm, comfortable, womblike.
No sadness, no sense of time fleeing.
Just him and I
Skipping generations to commune
As we tried to do in living time.
It had been a year since I saw him
And I wanted very much to keep
But he turned back as he walked away
Dashed my hopes with a crinkle of his eyes
Because Death is forever.
Monday, February 18, 2008
The Kennedys
A cousin introduced us to the Kennedys a couple years ago, and occasionally they wander through the area and someone throws a house party which they play at. Some wonderful folk with a shot of hope and love thrown in. They've started playing with the Chris and Meredith Thompson who are also excellent folk singers and call themselves the Strangelings when they play together - mixing folk with pagan sounding music. Lovely stuff.
We had quite the cultural weekend - ballet on Saturday, Kennedys on Sunday. The ballet was a lovely surprise, with an expected suite by Twila Thorp to Sinatra, and an unexpected, very german, very modern dance called "Different Drummer" that was fascinating in its difference and its complexity. It is great to sample the cultural scene of Columbus and its surroundings.
We had quite the cultural weekend - ballet on Saturday, Kennedys on Sunday. The ballet was a lovely surprise, with an expected suite by Twila Thorp to Sinatra, and an unexpected, very german, very modern dance called "Different Drummer" that was fascinating in its difference and its complexity. It is great to sample the cultural scene of Columbus and its surroundings.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Eyes ahead
Excellent news on the lasik eye saga. Went in Monday and they did an eye scan which showed the dry eye is much better (which I could already tell) and even my corneas look better. And my eyes tested 20/25 in the right and 20/20 in the left. In order to see clearly the eyes have to have a good tear layer - otherwise the light refracts incorrectly and the vision is blurred. So clearing the dry eye sharpens the vision. Which means no enhancement surgery. Yeah! The right eye is still astigmatic, so it is never perfectly clear - but I can live with that if it means not peeling back the eye flap and sending me back to dry eye hell.
My eyes have been a bit dry the past couple of days because of that evil little device Mr. Ipsissimus got me for Valentines day: The Nintendo Wii. I also seemed to have strained a muscle in my left arm from playing the "sports pack." It is a blast though, and something to get me off the couch and moving in these cold, endless, cabin-fever days of winter.
My eyes have been a bit dry the past couple of days because of that evil little device Mr. Ipsissimus got me for Valentines day: The Nintendo Wii. I also seemed to have strained a muscle in my left arm from playing the "sports pack." It is a blast though, and something to get me off the couch and moving in these cold, endless, cabin-fever days of winter.
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