You have beautifully rescued the power and poignancy of this all-too- famous poem from its ubiquity on mugs and T-shirts, and given it the immediacy of experience by linking it to your own life’s journey. I can’t help but be reminded of Hand’s “Alabaster Moon”, bathing the cozy bed in its white light on a full moon, eternal and temporal all at once:)
I, too, was a paperboy, in Mount Kisco, N.Y. It taught me discipline and improved my limited social skills. Maybe it also helped get the printer's ink in my veins and guide me toward a career in newspapering...
Thanks, Bill. They are such a fascinating evolutionary rarity…I wonder why your comment ended up on my older piece on Calvino, “Biting the Wind?” Probably just a Substack glitch.
Nice Piece, Arnie! I used to think flying squirrels were both magical and a little possessed as a boy in NH-- engendering awe and fright/ exhilaration-- what a great evolutionary step for an ordinary groundling to make! cheers, best, BH
Nice going on the book!
Arnie,
You have beautifully rescued the power and poignancy of this all-too- famous poem from its ubiquity on mugs and T-shirts, and given it the immediacy of experience by linking it to your own life’s journey. I can’t help but be reminded of Hand’s “Alabaster Moon”, bathing the cozy bed in its white light on a full moon, eternal and temporal all at once:)
Thank you 🙏
I, too, was a paperboy, in Mount Kisco, N.Y. It taught me discipline and improved my limited social skills. Maybe it also helped get the printer's ink in my veins and guide me toward a career in newspapering...
Thanks! (Not sure why this went on an old post? Ah, technology).
Thanks, Bill. They are such a fascinating evolutionary rarity…I wonder why your comment ended up on my older piece on Calvino, “Biting the Wind?” Probably just a Substack glitch.
Excellent Arnie!
Nice Piece, Arnie! I used to think flying squirrels were both magical and a little possessed as a boy in NH-- engendering awe and fright/ exhilaration-- what a great evolutionary step for an ordinary groundling to make! cheers, best, BH
Congratulations on concluding your superb Hemingway essays, Arnie 👏👏
You are, through and through, a teacher:)
The kind who inspires, and nurtures creativity and curiosity. Te felicito, cuate!
Thanks, Marc. Feels good to have finished (mostly) with one book, but there are many more to go!
You cast your line into a philosophical analysis of time and history. Whether you like it or not, you ARE a teacher. I treasure these essays.