"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
~ Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms



"Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may touch one another, again bounce away. This is the felt shape of a human life, neither simply linear nor wholly disjunctive nor endlessly bifurcating, but rather this bouncey sequence of bumping into's and tumblings apart."
~ Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet



Sunday, January 24, 2010

Leaving in the Morning...The Journey Thru The Past...

"Morning, a time for breaking ground and sowing seeds,
and yet we give up our sunshine
so we can buy what we need.
That leaves the evening, to share a fire with a friend or two,
to lose sight of the hours
To go lightly with you

I let time go lightly when I'm here with you,
I let time go lightly when the day is through.
I keep a watch on time when I've got work to do,
I let time go lightly with you.

Old friends, they mean much more to me than the new friends,
Cause they can see where you are,
and they know where you've been..."

-Harry Chapin, Let Time Go Lightly

Well I am drinking a Labatt's Blue and thinking about the Journey Thru the Past that I will be starting tomorrow morning. Heading to Toronto in the morning...talked with my cousin Kathleen and I am going to stay with her tomorrow night and then figure out where to go next. Write a paper and some blog entries in Toronto.

I also talked with my Aunt Julie and Uncle Michael tonight which was great, good to talk with family, people that have known me since I was born. That is why I have the lyrics to the Harry Chapin song, "Old friends (family), they mean much more to me than the new friends,Cause they can see where you are, and they know where you've been..." My new friends are awesome, and wonderful yet, there is something about talking to people who have known you for a long time. Tonight I talked with Becky, an old friend that I have not talked to in eighteen years or so - that was also a wonderful experience. So good to have so much family and so many friends in my life!

Interesting, that Julie encouraged me to have some good music on during my trip tomorrow and that Catherine also encouraged me with the same advice. Catherine's words and thoughts hang heavy in my mind as I contemplate what the next weeks will bring and also what Hemingway wrote, "That tomorrow should come and that I should be there." Looking forward to the adventure...I want as Springsteen sings, "...to know if love is wild, I want to know if love is real..."

Will keep updating on here each day...
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2010 at 7:42 PM

    We look forward to your visit here, and we hope we can offer you what it is you need (besides beer.ha)! Yes, we do know you well, and you were such a cute baby and toddler!
    I hope you can come here Thursday. A long overdue visit and conversation.....

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