sun and shadow
as i look from the isle, o'er its billows of green,
to the billows of foam-crested blue,
yon bark, that afar in the distance is seen,
half dreaming, my eyes will pursue;
now dark in the shadow, she scatters the spray
as the chaff in the stroke of the flail;
now white as the sea-gull, she flies on her way,
the sun gleaming bright on her sail.
yet her pilot is thinking of dangers to shun, --
of breakers that whiten and roar;
how little he cares, if in shadow or sun
they see him who gaze from the shore!
he looks to the beacon that looms from the reef,
to the rock that is under his lee,
as he drifts on the blast, like a wind-wafted leaf,
o'er the gulfs of the desolate sea.
thus drifting afar to the dim-vaulted caves
where life and its ventures are laid,
the dreamers who gaze while we battle the waves
may see us in sunshine or shade;
yet true to our course, though the shadows grow dark,
we'll trim our broad sail as before,
and stand by the rudder that governs the bark,
nor ask how we look from the shore!
by oliver wendell holmes (1809 - 1894)
Oh look at that yummy marmalade! We are having oatcakes with almond butter as our treat :-) You'll all be glad to have Morgana home, has she any plans? Hope Chanda's dance programme is working out well, sending much love oxox
ReplyDeleteI'm not really sure what Morgana's plans are! I think she may be applying to a writing program somewhere . . but am not positive :P Chanda decided not to do the program in Florida, and is staying home and continuing to take class here. She has a few performance opportunities this fall which she will do, and perhaps a few more auditions. She likes being in NYC, and wasn't excited with the teachers she had when she was in FL for the intensive. She requested to be placed in their studio company rather than the trainee program, as that would have given her more freedom to train as she has been, but they didn't go for that, so she's here instead :)
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