"Ever forward, but slowly."
--Von Blücher

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Friday, February 4, 2011

The Bridge Builder


An old man going a lone highway
Came at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm, vast and wide and steep,
With waters rolling cold and deep.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim,
That sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned when safe on the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.

"Old man," said a fellow pilgrim near,
"You are wasting your strength with building here.
Your journey will end with the ending day,
You never again will pass this way.
You've crossed the chasm, deep and wide,
Why build you this bridge at eventide?"

The builder lifted his old gray head.
"Good friend, in the path I have come," he said,
"There followeth after me today
A youth whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm that has been naught to me
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim--
Good friend, I am building the bridge for him."

--Will Allen Dromgoole--

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Groundhog's Day 2011

And the winner is (according to Punxsutawney Phil)....SPRING!! :D

But it doesn't look like it yet. Maybe Phil is wrong?? Apparently he can't be...according to this video. Which you can view if you want to see the actual event: