A Lovely Meal

The fine meal wasn’t had by me, because I have yet to acquire a taste for tulips, or tulip bulbs. No, these are the remnants of what was apparently quite a feast, attended by every squirrel in the neighborhood. And an excuse to post a nice picture.

11/11/2008

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

William Butler Yeats

I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.