"And he to me: ' This mountain's of such sort
that climbing it is hardest at the start;
but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind.
Therefore, when this slope seems to you so gentle
that climbing farther up will be as restful
as traveling downstream by boat, you will
be where this pathway ends, and there you can
expect to put your weariness to rest.
I say no more, and this I know as truth.'"
Dante, Purgatorio IV.88-96
that climbing it is hardest at the start;
but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind.
Therefore, when this slope seems to you so gentle
that climbing farther up will be as restful
as traveling downstream by boat, you will
be where this pathway ends, and there you can
expect to put your weariness to rest.
I say no more, and this I know as truth.'"
Dante, Purgatorio IV.88-96
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Bear Snores On
Sava is finally starting to notice books. He smiles at Goodnight Moon when daddy & I read it together at night before putting him to bed--his face spreads in a wide grin as we begin, "In the great green room, there was a telephone and a red balloon and a picture of..."--and during naptime he often helps me turn pages as I am reading. I am a nut now about children's books; can't get enough of them. We try to buy one book a week, and our most recent acquisition is Bear Snores On, which we bought during an outing to Borders this past rainy weekend. I like the pretty pictures and sweet rhymes of the book, and Sava seems quite taken with it as well. The next one on our list is "Is Your Mama a Llama," which someone at playgroup recommended.
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