I often struggle to find blank paper around my house, particularly when I'm trying--this is purely hypothetical of course--to write a lecture on new religious movements in mid-19th century America, such as the Oneida Community, the Seventh-day Adventists, and the Mormons.
The ironic thing is that I have half-used and forgotten notebooks all over the place. I mention this because earlier this week I found a poem that I had written into a notebook and forgotten five years ago. The funny things is that I've also forgotten if I wrote it, or merely stumbled across it in one of the various books I was reading at the time, and felt that it fit my circumstances. In any case, this reminds me of Rocky Knob, VA and the Rock Castle Gorge.
Clouds cover mountain meadows
The way is hard to follow
Cold winds blow at night
But the dust of the world remains
And in other news, I noticed that gas prices around here jumped 13 cents yesterday; I'm afraid to check the price today.
2 comments:
I have a good book on the development of Second-Day Adventism (beginning w/ the Millerites, etc.) if you'd like an additional reference.
Nice poem, even if you didn't write it.
And gas prices... hmmm. Maybe I need to start a Speedway Watch blog. It'd be a shorter walk from my house...
Thank you for the thoughts; I really don't want any additional references, I'm already drowning in material.
It's nice to know someone likes the poem; I actually found another one I wrote about the same time that I probably ought to post.
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