10.05.22

10.05.22

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald

I recognize that there is value in appreciating one’s journey through life. However, consider instead the merits of not. All this to say, I spent too much time today focusing on the goal and not enough appreciating everything else. As well, I burned a bit. As a hitchhiker, I should’ve known a towel would have been massively useful.

07.05.22

Walked to the library today, taking in the nice weather in the park along the way. Really need to get it through my head that French verbs can’t be turned into Spanish ones by conjugating/pronouncing them like they are.

“When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.” —Ernest Hemingway

11.05.22

“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” —Robertson Davies

Spent most of the day (re)reading in the shade of the park. As much as I respect my target language’s own books, I enjoy seeing the changes made during translation too much.

the actual truth is that i’m loved . like regardless of what i achieve, there are people in my life that see my heart. that’s where fortune is. being seen and being loved. so i am rich in this way.

04.05.22

“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.” —Ernest Hemingway

Jet lag is finally wearing off a bit. I was travelling for the first and second and didn’t sleep for over thirty hours. Now for some Spanish immersion (y un poco de Euskara).

“Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.” —Ernest Hemingway

“If today gets difficult, remember the smell of coffee, the way sunlight bounces off a window, the sound of your favorite person’s laugh, the feeling when a song you love comes on, the color of the sky at dusk, and that we are here to take care of each other.”

— Chaplain Bob Keller, The Chaplain’s Corner (Washington46.org, May 7, 2020)