Monday, October 26, 2009

No task but to live



You came! You really came! I love you more today than yesterday.

Here's the poem that speaks of the heart of the next few months:

And that's why I have to go back
to so many places in the future,
there to find myself
and constantly examine myself
with no witness but the moon
and then whistle with joy,
ambling over rocks and clods of earth,
with no task but to live
with no family but the road.

--Pablo Neruda, End of the World (Wind)

9 comments:

  1. Love your title, love Pablo, looking forward to all your news (but don't end london footnotes - just put it on the backburner for a while)
    mx

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  2. oh! what are you driving? where are you starting? have you seen The Motorcycle Diaries (Neruda is a running theme in that movie)??

    this blog is so exciting! maybe you could get a Red Bull endorsement and travel the country in a Red Bull-mobile??

    i love you!!

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  3. agree don't end london footnotes.......
    love the new title and love, love neruda......
    safe travels and see you soon!

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  4. Alissa - the Big SisOctober 27, 2009 at 6:41 AM

    Safe travels! I'll be following you, through your blog of course. Love ya!

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  5. Of course we came! We would follow you anywhere! Can't wait to see what comes. Love the poem

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  6. I am so excited for you, Sharona! What a beautiful poem.

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  7. YAY! I will follow you on this blog AND see you soon (I hope!!!!).

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  8. I like the Red Bull idea... DO IT!!!!!

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