:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the truths and realities of your existence:
The bliss of growth
The glory of action
The splendor of achievement,
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness
And tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation of the dawn.
--from a Sanskrit text
...........................................
salutation of dawn <>
so many birds singing
in my garden
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
My quotes with haiku ...
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/28/2008
3/25/2008
getting older
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
getting old -
another broken dish
in the sink
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Senior Citizen's Day.
Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi)
Including: Old people, elders, elderly and so on as haiku topics
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
getting old -
another broken dish
in the sink
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Senior Citizen's Day.
Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi)
Including: Old people, elders, elderly and so on as haiku topics
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/24/2008
spring garden
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
spring garden -
another color and then
one more
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Every day adds more color to my garden,
new blossoms, new shades of green !
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
spring garden -
another color and then
one more
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Every day adds more color to my garden,
new blossoms, new shades of green !
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/22/2008
equinox
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
spring ancestor worship -
a bunch of sparrows
in the old tree
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Equinox days are for ancestor worship.
The family assembles at the graves, cleans them and performs the rites of the season.
. . . Spring equinox (haru higan)
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
spring ancestor worship -
a bunch of sparrows
in the old tree
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Equinox days are for ancestor worship.
The family assembles at the graves, cleans them and performs the rites of the season.
. . . Spring equinox (haru higan)
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/21/2008
Graduation Day
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Today was Graduation Day of our local grammar school, where we teach the kids about International affairs.
30 students were lined up ... and their parents in rows just beside us.
graduation day -
his hankerchief moves
up and down
The few fathers (it was a normal working day) seemed even more moved than the mothers, especially when the final "Good Bye" song was performed.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Today was Graduation Day of our local grammar school, where we teach the kids about International affairs.
30 students were lined up ... and their parents in rows just beside us.
graduation day -
his hankerchief moves
up and down
The few fathers (it was a normal working day) seemed even more moved than the mothers, especially when the final "Good Bye" song was performed.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Daphne
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
fragrant daphne -
the old mailman stops
to bend
............. down
沈丁花 郵便配達 屈みけり
jinchoooge yubin-haitatsu kogomi keri
Japanese from Nakamura Sakuo
THANK YOU!
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Daphne (Jinchooge, Japan) Trident Daphne (Mitsumata) Plant
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
fragrant daphne -
the old mailman stops
to bend
............. down
沈丁花 郵便配達 屈みけり
jinchoooge yubin-haitatsu kogomi keri
Japanese from Nakamura Sakuo
THANK YOU!
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Daphne (Jinchooge, Japan) Trident Daphne (Mitsumata) Plant
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/19/2008
Plum Blossom Park
 just one face in the spring sunshine ... my love for you   Pink and Red  The Busy Bee  Hiroshige Branches  |
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
LOOK :
Plum Blossom Park
Album from here to Number 23 !
Kume Plum Park Visit in 2006
The Background Box Color is "Plum Mousegrey",
ume nezumi #c099a0.
AAah and by the way, for those with rules to break,
this is not a personification of the flower, but a poem for my dear husband!
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/18/2008
Ram Dass
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The next message you need
is always right where you are.
Ram Dass
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The next haiku you need
is alwayas right where you are!
. . . Read my QUOTES with HAIKU
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The next message you need
is always right where you are.
Ram Dass
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The next haiku you need
is alwayas right where you are!
. . . Read my QUOTES with HAIKU
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/17/2008
watch the cat
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
feeding time -
birds watch the cat
watch the birds
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
feeding time -
birds watch the cat
watch the birds
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
next box
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
warm sunshine -
a sparrow peeks out
of the new nest box
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Bird's Nest (tori no su 鳥の巣)
kigo for all spring
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
warm sunshine -
a sparrow peeks out
of the new nest box
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Bird's Nest (tori no su 鳥の巣)
kigo for all spring
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/14/2008
Swami Satchidananda
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Any kind of expectation creates a problem.
We should accept, but not expect.
Whatever comes, accept it.
Whatever goes, accept it.
The immediate benefit is
that your mind is always peaceful.
Sri Swami Satchidananda
accept it
as it is -
write haiku about it
READ
My Quotes with Haiku
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Any kind of expectation creates a problem.
We should accept, but not expect.
Whatever comes, accept it.
Whatever goes, accept it.
The immediate benefit is
that your mind is always peaceful.
Sri Swami Satchidananda
accept it
as it is -
write haiku about it
READ
My Quotes with Haiku
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/10/2008
first plum blossom
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
first plum blossom -
finally we feel
some warmth
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Read the famous PLUM haiku by Ransetsu:
ume ichi-rin ichirin hodo no atatakasa
Plum Blossoms, a KIGO
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
first plum blossom -
finally we feel
some warmth
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Read the famous PLUM haiku by Ransetsu:
ume ichi-rin ichirin hodo no atatakasa
Plum Blossoms, a KIGO
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/08/2008
Helen Keller
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Your success and happiness lie in you.
External conditions are the accidents of life,
its outer trappings.
The great, enduring realities are love of service.
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm
and our intelligence aglow.
Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you
shall form an invincible host against difficulty.
Helen Keller
resolve to keep happy
resolve to write one haiku each day
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
This is a coincidence, read in the Japan Times today:
Picture of Helen Keller as a child
revealed after 120 years
By David Usborne in New York
Friday, 7 March 2008
Photographs of Helen Keller, the world-renowned advocate for the deaf and the blind who suffered from both handicaps herself, are not hard to come by. After all, she only died in 1968, at the age of 87. However, an image of the pioneer which has surfaced this week is a little bit different. Above all, there is its age.
The image, released by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, was taken 120 years ago and shows an eight-year-old Keller holding the hand of Anne Sullivan, whose legacy is almost as important. She was the teacher who first taught Keller how to understand and articulate language. More important still for Keller scholars, the black and white photograph shows her holding in another hand a doll. The word "doll" was the first Keller ever spoke – the fruit of her lessons from Ms Sullivan, whose technique included spelling out words on the palm of the little girl's hand.
The picture, apparently taken at Cape Cod in July 1888, was found in an album by Thaxter Spencer, 87, whose mother was a childhood friend of Keller. Mr Spencer donated the album and other items including diaries and letters to the genealogical society last June. However, the group did not notice the particular photograph until now. Mr Spencer said his mother, Hope Thaxter Parks, used to play with Keller when her family travelled from their home in Tennessee for summer holidays on the Cape. Unaware of who might have wielded the camera that day, he recalls his mother saying that Keller used to explore her young friend's face with her hands.
He admitted he had no idea how much of a stir the photograph would create, saying: "I never thought much about it. It just seemed like something no one would find very interesting."
What he missed were the combined components of the image, probably the first ever taken of Keller and Ms Sullivan together. It shows the strength of their bond, even at that early stage.
The inclusion of the doll is a virtual metaphor for Keller's breakthrough from being a child angered and frustrated at her handicap to becoming a tireless scholar and activist for blind and deaf people everywhere.
"It is really one of the best images I have seen in a long, long time," Helen Selsdon, an archivist at the American Foundation for the Blind, where Keller worked for more than four decades, told the Associated Press news agency. "This is just a huge visual addition to the history of Helen and Annie."
Not that the picture has been entirely unseen until now. After announcing its discovery on Wednesday, the genealogical society, which will continue to hold it, discovered that it had been published in a Cape Cod journal in 1987 and by The Boston Globe newspaper half a century before that. It is not yet clear whether more than one copy may have existed at one time. Nevertheless, scholars and advocates for the deaf-blind will consider the image one of the most important additions to the Keller archive for a generation.
"The way Anne is gazing so intently at Helen, I think it's a beautiful portrait of the devotion that lasted between these two women all of Anne's life," said Jan Seymour-Ford, a research librarian at Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts, which both Sullivan and Keller attended. "It is a beautiful composition. It is not even the individual elements. It is the fact it has all of the components."
© www.independent.co.uk
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
.. More of my quotes with haiku
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Your success and happiness lie in you.
External conditions are the accidents of life,
its outer trappings.
The great, enduring realities are love of service.
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm
and our intelligence aglow.
Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you
shall form an invincible host against difficulty.
Helen Keller
resolve to keep happy
resolve to write one haiku each day
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
This is a coincidence, read in the Japan Times today:
Picture of Helen Keller as a child
revealed after 120 years
By David Usborne in New York
Friday, 7 March 2008
Photographs of Helen Keller, the world-renowned advocate for the deaf and the blind who suffered from both handicaps herself, are not hard to come by. After all, she only died in 1968, at the age of 87. However, an image of the pioneer which has surfaced this week is a little bit different. Above all, there is its age.
The image, released by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, was taken 120 years ago and shows an eight-year-old Keller holding the hand of Anne Sullivan, whose legacy is almost as important. She was the teacher who first taught Keller how to understand and articulate language. More important still for Keller scholars, the black and white photograph shows her holding in another hand a doll. The word "doll" was the first Keller ever spoke – the fruit of her lessons from Ms Sullivan, whose technique included spelling out words on the palm of the little girl's hand.
The picture, apparently taken at Cape Cod in July 1888, was found in an album by Thaxter Spencer, 87, whose mother was a childhood friend of Keller. Mr Spencer donated the album and other items including diaries and letters to the genealogical society last June. However, the group did not notice the particular photograph until now. Mr Spencer said his mother, Hope Thaxter Parks, used to play with Keller when her family travelled from their home in Tennessee for summer holidays on the Cape. Unaware of who might have wielded the camera that day, he recalls his mother saying that Keller used to explore her young friend's face with her hands.
He admitted he had no idea how much of a stir the photograph would create, saying: "I never thought much about it. It just seemed like something no one would find very interesting."
What he missed were the combined components of the image, probably the first ever taken of Keller and Ms Sullivan together. It shows the strength of their bond, even at that early stage.
The inclusion of the doll is a virtual metaphor for Keller's breakthrough from being a child angered and frustrated at her handicap to becoming a tireless scholar and activist for blind and deaf people everywhere.
"It is really one of the best images I have seen in a long, long time," Helen Selsdon, an archivist at the American Foundation for the Blind, where Keller worked for more than four decades, told the Associated Press news agency. "This is just a huge visual addition to the history of Helen and Annie."
Not that the picture has been entirely unseen until now. After announcing its discovery on Wednesday, the genealogical society, which will continue to hold it, discovered that it had been published in a Cape Cod journal in 1987 and by The Boston Globe newspaper half a century before that. It is not yet clear whether more than one copy may have existed at one time. Nevertheless, scholars and advocates for the deaf-blind will consider the image one of the most important additions to the Keller archive for a generation.
"The way Anne is gazing so intently at Helen, I think it's a beautiful portrait of the devotion that lasted between these two women all of Anne's life," said Jan Seymour-Ford, a research librarian at Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts, which both Sullivan and Keller attended. "It is a beautiful composition. It is not even the individual elements. It is the fact it has all of the components."
© www.independent.co.uk
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
.. More of my quotes with haiku
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Tea Ceremony
| どうどうと茶をのみなされ 初茶会 doodoo to cha o nominasare drink your tea with great dignity ! first tea ceremony どうどうと句を詠みなされ 初句会 doodoo to ku o yominasare hatsu kukai write your ku with great dignity ! first haiku meeting  那須正丘 .. Nasu Masataka Inspired by the words of a tea master who is 100 years old. He lives in the North of Japan and still teaches more than 20 students weekly. |
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
新潟県長岡市の那須正丘 (まさたか)
© www.nhk.or.jp
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
3/07/2008
sunrise
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
how perfect !
all the colors of sunrise
in my valley
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
how perfect !
all the colors of sunrise
in my valley
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
