Up with chore clothes on for dusting furniture as well as cleaning kitchen and bathroom floors as grandson Owen will be here and he is still a floor fellow. You are embarrassed to want to put a photo of Kim, Paul and Owen online, but you are a proud father and grandpa. Why not.
This was taken a couple of months ago, to me it is a wonderful picture of a loving young family I am proud to be connected with. Each one is a joy unto herorhimself. Her mother and I love them one and all. – rho
See, that wasn’t so bad, particularly with your words from the heart. Post, as Carol just gave you errands to run. – Amorella.
Suppertime and you have most of your work done. Waiting for the national news. You are about to embark on a trip to the grocery before they arrive.
Sitting in the Kroger lot on Tylersville.
I have no idea, nothing is in mind tonight.
Nothing has to be in your mind, orndorff. I am in charge of the blog. I’ll give you something to think about, your friends. Last night you saw several at your class gathering for supper in Westerville. In the afternoon yesterday you had a good conversation with Bob Pringle, an old friend who plays the part of your twin brother, Robert, in the books. He had major operations a week ago and he is looking healthy though very sore presently. You are happy to see him alive and recovering. You both have a good understanding of your humanity and as both taught British and world literature for a number of years, and both were instructed by Dr. John Coulter at Otterbein it is no wonder you have a similar personal and philosophical connection.
People sometimes wonder why they are connected with other people, particularly more connected to some than others, that is, on a deeper, more personal level. Shared environment, and here you don’t have to go any deeper than breathing earth air, drinking earth water and eating earth food. If there were only two or four or six earthlings left on your planet you would have plenty in common. This is what the Dead have to relate to in this chapter. So far, what they have in common, as they see it, is mostly culture. They see themselves, that is, their personal selves through their culture just as cultural literature reflects this. The Trojan War is an old example. Old thinkers. There is a Chinese quote mentioned in the beginning of Berry’s The Charlemagne Pursuit which I would like you to add when you arrive home. Then, I want you to search for the most ancient of writings world-wide and I will direct a composite of three that will thread the theme for these next sections through the conclusion chapter six. Post. All for tonight. – Amorella.
The Chinese quotation: (Following the Acknowledgement in the book.)
The ancient masters were subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive.
The depth of their knowledge is unfathomable.
Because it is unfathomable, all we can do is describe their appearance.
Watchful, like men crossing a winter stream.
Alert, like men aware of danger.
Courteous, like visiting guests. Yielding, like ice about to melt.
Simple, like uncarved blocks of wood.
--- Lao Tzu (604 BCE)
I still want to read the book, but I can see it is the conceptual ideas of ancient humanitarian threads that you are looking for. A bit of Joseph Campbell will work here also. The sun-hero motif and water as a symbol for the unconscious mind – the symbolic nature of the mind as seen by Jung and others.
Jung and Campbell will cement your thinking in the hunt. Find five diverse quotes from the ancients and place them in the blog. I will choose the three to be used, those that will best fit my purpose. – Amorella.
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