R.L. Swihart's Blog, page 128
July 22, 2018
"Clip" from E M Forster's "The Longest Journey"
The rain increased. The drops pattered hard on the leaves, and outside the corridor men and women were struggling, however stupidly, with the facts of life. Inside it they wrangled. She teased the boy, and laughed at his theories, and proved that no man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour. Suddenly she stopped, not through any skill of his, but because she had remembered some words of Bacon: “The true atheist is he whose hands are cauterized by holy things.” She thought of her distant youth. The world was not so humorous then, but it had been more important. For a moment she respected her companion, and determined to vex him no more. They left the shelter of the laurels, crossed the broad drive, and were inside the house at last. She had got quite wet, for the weather would not let her play the simple life with impunity. As for him, he seemed a piece of the wet. “Look here,” she cried, as he hurried up to his attic, “don’t shave!” He was delighted with the permission. “I have an idea that Miss Pembroke is of the type that pretends to be unconventional and really isn’t. I want to see how she takes it. Don’t shave.”
Poet's Beach (Portland)
Poet's BeachPoet’s Beach – Official Opening July 13, 2017
After years of work and advocacy – the Summer of 2017 Portlanders will have dedicated place to get in to and enjoy the Willamette River at Poet’s Beach. Working with Mayor Wheeler and the staff at Portland Parks & Recreation and Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Poet's Beach will be activated with lifeguards, picnic tables, restrooms, and other amenities that will allow us to have “a day at the beach” right in our city.
The “Poet’s Beach” project is a collaborative effort between the Human Access Project, Honoring Our Rivers, Willamette Partnership, and Flowing Solutions. Approval for the project was received from the US Army Corp of Engineers, Department of State Lands, and Portland Parks and Recreation. The work has been funded by Human Access Project, Portland Parks & Recreation, Oregon Wildlife, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Wildwood | Mahonia, and NW Natural.
Nicknamed "Poet's Beach", it can be reached via a newly cut path through riprack rock. Along the path are stones engraved with children’s poems that speak for the Willamette River. Also inscribed are native Chinook words provided by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, who have honored the river since time immemorial. The engraving work was done by Peter Attila Andrusko of Written In Stone Productions.
From Human Access Project
July 11, 2018
July 10, 2018
E. M. Forster's "Least Known" Novel: "The Longest Journey"
Thought I'd give it a try, because I've read most of the others (long long ago). Supposedly his personal favorite too. Off to a slow start but I sort of liked this clip (I'm guessing "sombre room"?):
“Did it never strike you that phenomena may be of two kinds: ONE, those which have a real existence, such as the cow; TWO, those which are the subjective product of a diseased imagination, and which, to our destruction, we invest with the semblance of reality? If this never struck you, let it strike you now.” Rickie spoke again, but received no answer. He paced a little up and down the sombre roam. Then he sat on the edge of the table and watched his clever friend draw within the square a circle, and within the circle a square, and inside that another circle, and inside that another square. “Why will you do that?” No answer. “Are they real?” “The inside one is — the one in the middle of everything, that there’s never room enough to draw.”
July 7, 2018
R L Swihart's "Matman & Testudo" (Paperback): Released 7/6/18
The paper companion to the Kindle version has arrived: Release Date: 7/6/18. Longer birth, little different look, same contents, affordable price ($7.99).
Release Date: 7/6/18 AMAZON
