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Sunday, May 13, 2012

You Can Never Hold Back Spring

You can never hold back spring
You can be sure that I will never
Stop believing
The blushing rose will climb
Spring ahead or fall behind
Winter dreams the same dream
Every time

You can never hold back spring
Even though you've lost your way
The world keeps dreaming of spring

So close your eyes
Open you heart
To one who's dreaming of you
You can never hold back spring
Baby

Remember everything that spring
Can bring
You can never hold back spring

Performed by Tom Waits

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Argos, Love and The Theory of Waiting

My best friend said once:

'This is how I would envision Argos, the dog

of Odysseus. Waiting for his master by the

side of the wine dark sea.

Argos was a young dog when Odysseus left to

fight at Troy. When Odysseus returned twenty

years later, Argos could no longer walk. He

saw Odysseus, smiled (in my mind), wagged

his tail and died. Such is life.'

(In Greek mythology, Argos was Odysseus' faithful dog.

He waited for his master's return to Ithaca for over a decade while most presumed Odysseus dead.

He was the first to recognize the King returning from the Trojan War, even though Odysseus was disguised as a beggar to discover what was going on in his palace during his absence.

It was said that as soon as Argos recognized his master, he dropped his ears and did his best to wag his tail. Having fulfilled his destiny of faith by laying his eyes upon his master once more, he released a final wimper and died. )