I love pictures of bridges, walkways and such, as it emobodies the journey (which life is) the crossing over, "attraversiamo"...
And I think one of the glorious crossings'over into pleasure and relaxation, would be to visit this place with a special soul: Babylonstoren is situated between Paarl and Franschoek in the Drakenstein Valley.
book your meal there!
On the topic of special things and pleasure and beauty... I've written about ( and quoted ) this gifted female poet:
Jane Hirshfield
This is what the poets.org page says about her:
About her (Jane's) work, the poet Rosanna Warren has said: "Hirshfield has elaborated a sensuously philosophical art that imposes a pause in our fast-forward habits of mind. Her poems appear simple, and are not.
Her language, in its cleanliness and transparency, poses riddles of a quietly metaphysical nature.... "
and since I've been reading Elizabeth Gilbert's book: Committed, here is a wedding-poem amidts all the questioning and intellectual wrestling with this social institution we call marraige.
A Blessing for Wedding
Today when persimmons ripen
Today when fox-kits come out of their den into snow
Today when the spotted egg releases its wren song
Today when the maple sets down its red leaves
Today when windows keep their promise to open
Today when fire keeps its promise to warm
Today when someone you love has died
or someone you never met has died
Today when someone you love has been born
or someone you will not meet has been born
Today when rain leaps to the waiting of roots in their dryness
Today when starlight bends to the roofs of the hungry and tired
Today when someone sits long inside his last sorrow
Today when someone steps into the heat of her first embrace
Today, let this light bless you
With these friends let it bless you
With snow-scent and lavender bless you
Let the vow of this day keep itself wildly and wholly
Spoken and silent, surprise you inside your ears
Sleeping and waking, unfold itself inside your eyes
Let its fierceness and tenderness hold you
Let its vastness be undisguised in all your days
M
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