assorted betwixts and betweens
From Sæmund’s Edda, translated translated by Olive Bray and edited by D. L. Ashliman:
16.
A coward believes he will ever live
if he keep him safe from strife:
but old age leaves him not long in peace
though spears may spare his life.
20.
A greedy man, if he be not mindful,
eats to his own life’s hurt:
oft the belly of the [...]
Hugin and Munin
Fly each day
Over the spacious earth.
I fear for Hugin
That he come not back,
Yet more anxious am I for Munin. (R.B. Anderson, Norse Mythology)
Thought (Hugin) and Memory (Munin) seem to have lost their way in our post-modern, material, short-attention-span culture. We operate on reflex, gut instincts (we are the Colbert nation!), and spare [...]
I kind of pulled this weekly topic out of my ass because I wasn’t happy with any of my alliteration choices, but reading even the surface info on Wikipedia’s description of Odin makes me feel pretty good about my choice. First, I love some of the art associated with him:
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And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
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