Category Archives: Wonderings

“But the Beholder Wanting —“

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Touch2Touch

This is a recent post on one of my favorite blogs, cross-ties. After I read it —- At the end of the first stanza of The Parakeets at Karekare, Allen Curnow refers to “a scene waiting to be painted.” Apt, I’d say; apt … Continue reading →

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Proverbs, and other Anonymous Authors —

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Touch2Touch

Did you ever hear that prissy little jingle: Good, better, best, Never let it rest, Till the good is better,  and the better best. Well, I say phooey on it. That’s what all the recent posts here on perfection and … Continue reading →

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Be Careful What You Wish For —

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Touch2Touch

Perfection, Perfection (“I will walk the way of perfection.” Psalm 101:2) I have had it with perfection. I have packed my bags, I am out of here. Gone. As certain as

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Finding is the First Act —

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Touch2Touch

Finding is the first Act The second, loss, Third, Expedition for The “Golden Fleece” Fourth, no Discovery— Fifth, no Crew— Finally, no Golden Fleece— Jason—sham—too. — Emily Dickinson This has almost become a mantra for me, one of the few poems … Continue reading →

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Don’t Just Do Something—

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Touch2Touch

Sit there! Advice my therapist long ago finally instilled into me, who was inclined to behave, especially in times of crisis, like Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock‘s hero, who flung himself out of the door, flung himself on his horse, and … Continue reading →

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The Hero, the Princess, and the Dragon: What If?

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Touch2Touch

How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who … Continue reading →

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HOME?

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Touch2Touch

What’s in a word? Maybe everything, when the word is home. Here are two definitions for you, and a question: In Robert Frost’s Death of a Hired Man,  old Silas has returned, worn-out and  ill,  looking for work yet again at the … Continue reading →

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Wondering:

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Touch2Touch

“you have to be careful, ask yourself questions, as for example whether you still are, and if no when it stopped, and if yes how long it will still go on, anything at all to keep you from losing the … Continue reading →

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