Life etc.

A happy adventure with baby Rowan.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

I boy.

No, it's not another gotta-have-it gizmo from Apple. Gender roles are getting established around here. Today Rowan said, " I boy". And as happens on a fairly regular basis, I gaped at him.
The "I" thing started a few weeks ago. "I eating". " I sitting on chair". " I walking." But "I boy"?
I amazed.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

What is this life if, full of care...?

WHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

(Leisure by W. H. Davies)