"its daily review option surfaces five quotes I’ve highlighted in my reading, going back years and years. Revisiting them, these passages I’ve marked as Kindle highlights or have captured manually from print, I see connections. Themes and threads appear, revealing my own thought-patterns to me." This is quite a compelling reason to use it!
Yes! In my little Readwise collection of quotes on this topic, I had an Olav Hauge poem that ends with the bullfinch rising from the cherry tree stealing buds: "I get up. It's lighter."
Alright! One more Hauge! Because his bows and arrows get at one of the best things in *your* catalog of enthusiasm, the circing and returning and deepening of themes over the years.
Years of Experience with Bows and Arrows
BY OLAV H. HAUGE, TRANSLATED BY ROBERT BLY
What you are supposed to hit
is the bull’s-eye, that black spot,
that precise spot, and the arrow
is supposed to stand there quivering!
But that’s not where the arrow goes.
You get close to it, closer and closer;
no, not close enough.
Then you have to go out and pick up all the arrows,
There it is exactly. I love him so much. Met him through Holly and in the past five years he has become one of my favorite poets. Earlier this year Huck, Rilla, and I spent a whole month savoring his poems together—one of our collective high-school homeschooling highlights so far.
I need this right now honestly.
I have to write these things down so I can get them through my head. ;)
Alice, I recommended your book this week, something that I do often! It has made such a difference in our homeschool and community!
"its daily review option surfaces five quotes I’ve highlighted in my reading, going back years and years. Revisiting them, these passages I’ve marked as Kindle highlights or have captured manually from print, I see connections. Themes and threads appear, revealing my own thought-patterns to me." This is quite a compelling reason to use it!
It has made such a difference for me. So many of those gem quotes would have been forgotten forever without Readwise to remind me they exist.
I love Maisel's advice to "smile a little." It sounds like Holly's maxim, It's lighter than you think.
Yes! In my little Readwise collection of quotes on this topic, I had an Olav Hauge poem that ends with the bullfinch rising from the cherry tree stealing buds: "I get up. It's lighter."
Alright! One more Hauge! Because his bows and arrows get at one of the best things in *your* catalog of enthusiasm, the circing and returning and deepening of themes over the years.
Years of Experience with Bows and Arrows
BY OLAV H. HAUGE, TRANSLATED BY ROBERT BLY
What you are supposed to hit
is the bull’s-eye, that black spot,
that precise spot, and the arrow
is supposed to stand there quivering!
But that’s not where the arrow goes.
You get close to it, closer and closer;
no, not close enough.
Then you have to go out and pick up all the arrows,
walk back, try it again.
That black spot is highly annoying
until you finally grasp
that where your arrow stands quivering
is also the center of something.
There it is exactly. I love him so much. Met him through Holly and in the past five years he has become one of my favorite poets. Earlier this year Huck, Rilla, and I spent a whole month savoring his poems together—one of our collective high-school homeschooling highlights so far.
Love this…my maiden name is Huckabey my father and brothers were all called,
“Huck”
I want to buy some of the books you found if possible…where may I bid or purchase, pls?
I'm still working out how best to handle the sale but for now feel free to email me (melissawileybooks at gmail) if you have specific requests.