archives for Friday 11 May 2007
a day spent outside is a good day, encore
Friday 11 May 2007 | I like a cookie
Hey—I didn’t mean to bring anyone down with Friday Refrains. The possibility never even occurred to me, which maybe tells you something about being bipolar. Sorry if I repelled, offended or just plain grossed out anyone. After another sleepless night, another magnificent gardening day, yielding four count ‘em four biodegradable bags of dandelions (blown far [...]
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friday refrains · lost daughters, part one
Friday 11 May 2007 | someone left a cookie
Ἕστι μοι κάλα πάισ χρυσίοισιν ἀνθέμοισιν ἐμφέρην ἔχοισα μόρφαν, Κλῆισ ἀγαπάτα, ἀντι τᾶσ ἔγω οὐδὲ Λυδίαν παῖσαν οὐδ᾽ ἔρανναν. I have a small daughter who is beautiful like a gold flower. I would not trade my darling Kleïs for all Lydia or even for lovely Lesbos. —Sappho (tr. Willis Barnstone) For all the wide, vasty [...]
