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A House is a House

3/26/2013

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The word "farfetching" comes from the poet Mary Ann Hoberman's book, A House is a House for Me, first pointed out to me by my friend Rachel D.  It's a beautiful children's book with a wonderful message: everything and everyone has a place, has a home... not just us humans.



Here are some quotes [all sic] from the book.
"The more that I think about houses,
The more things are houses for things.
And if you get started in thinking,
I think you will find it is true
That the more that you think about houses for things,
The more things are houses to you. 
[some examples given] 
Perhaps I have started farfetching....
Perhaps I am stretching things some.....
A mirror's a house for reflections....
A throat is a house for a hum....
But once you get started in thinking,
You think and you think and you think 
[more examples] 
And once you get started in thinking this way,
It seems that whatever you see
Is either house or it lives in a house,
And a house is a house for me! 
[more examples, ending the book with:] 
And the earth is a house for us all."
It's a beautiful message, and I believe pertinent to my free-ranging thoughts found here on this blog, while also acknowledging we live on this one beautiful gem in a sea of darkness and light.

And we're living on a living planet, circling a living star....
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