Wednesday, April 07, 2004
16 reasons to BOO the MOO
Today was another hectic day. I tried to leave early and arrived at Waterloo at about 6:47pm. Just missed the train. Had to wait for half and hour before the next one came in. In that time I browsed WH Smith, bought a copy of Fast Company magazine and Decanter and then read Fast Company all the way home.....
Oh... the reason for the link above is as follows. I also bought a nice big latte coffee from Costa's. I hardly ever drink milky coffee.... because of what I read on the site above. So.... wanna live a bit healthier? Say Boo to the Moo!!
Had some nice chats with people at work today. I don't hardly have time to do this much but when I do, I enjoy it. Spoke about art, holidays, children and husband and it was good. Good to just listen and be there, and I enjoy hearing people speak about things they care about.
I sent this poem to a person at work:
An old Man
At the back of the noisy café
bent over a table sits an old man;
a newspaper in front of him, without company.
And in the scorn of his miserable old age
he ponders how little he enjoyed the years
when he had strength, and the power of the word, and good looks.
He knows he has aged much; he feels it, he sees it.
And yet the time he was young seems
like yesterday. How short a time, how short a time.
And he ponders how Prudence deceived him;
and how he always trusted her -- what a folly! --
that liar who said: "Tomorrow. There is ample time."
He remembers the impulses he curbed; and how much
joy he sacrificed. Every lost chance
now mocks his senseless wisdom.
...But from so much thinking and remembering
the old man gets dizzy. And falls asleep
bent over the café table.
Constantine P. Cavafy (1897)
I like it because it reminds me of a place in time that I do not want to get to or ever be in. Some people find it morbid. However, I find it encouraging. Half full or half empty, up to you!
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Today was another hectic day. I tried to leave early and arrived at Waterloo at about 6:47pm. Just missed the train. Had to wait for half and hour before the next one came in. In that time I browsed WH Smith, bought a copy of Fast Company magazine and Decanter and then read Fast Company all the way home.....
Oh... the reason for the link above is as follows. I also bought a nice big latte coffee from Costa's. I hardly ever drink milky coffee.... because of what I read on the site above. So.... wanna live a bit healthier? Say Boo to the Moo!!
Had some nice chats with people at work today. I don't hardly have time to do this much but when I do, I enjoy it. Spoke about art, holidays, children and husband and it was good. Good to just listen and be there, and I enjoy hearing people speak about things they care about.
I sent this poem to a person at work:
An old Man
At the back of the noisy café
bent over a table sits an old man;
a newspaper in front of him, without company.
And in the scorn of his miserable old age
he ponders how little he enjoyed the years
when he had strength, and the power of the word, and good looks.
He knows he has aged much; he feels it, he sees it.
And yet the time he was young seems
like yesterday. How short a time, how short a time.
And he ponders how Prudence deceived him;
and how he always trusted her -- what a folly! --
that liar who said: "Tomorrow. There is ample time."
He remembers the impulses he curbed; and how much
joy he sacrificed. Every lost chance
now mocks his senseless wisdom.
...But from so much thinking and remembering
the old man gets dizzy. And falls asleep
bent over the café table.
Constantine P. Cavafy (1897)
I like it because it reminds me of a place in time that I do not want to get to or ever be in. Some people find it morbid. However, I find it encouraging. Half full or half empty, up to you!
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