Year Four, Day 61: Say Hello to My New Friends: Homer, Sophocles and Aesop!

8:00 a.m. Home

I woke up this morning much easier then usual. And with anticipation!

I downloaded Homer's Odyssey to my Kindle yesterday and began to read on the bus. I am still immersed in the introduction. It is written by Theodore Alois Buckley (1825-1856). He is one of the translators of Homer's Odyssey. Interestingly enough, it is Homer I am most curious about after having read a bit of the intro. There is much debate and many legends surrounding this mysterious man. I shall have to do a bit more research. But at this point, I have discovered that Homer was most likely blind, he was a wanderer and a gifted poet. There is much debate about weather he actually wrote both the Odssey and The Iliad...

3:43 p.m. Portland at a Library

I feel like a kid in a candy store! I just finished rehearsal for an insect musical at a grade school. The first graders are putting it on. It is written by a friend of mine. Over the past few years, she has hired me to play the piano part. It is such a sweet pleasure to be a part of these musicals. The kids are amazing. They memorize all their lines and they sing with such gusto!

I was on cloud nine after rehearsal. I had a few hours to kill, so I pulled up my library account to see if any of the books I reserved had come in.

They had!

I checked out three more books of my end of days reading list:

The Iliad by the enigmatic Homer
Antigone by Sophocles
Aesop's Fables (Aesop, it seems is another man of mystery. He likely was a Phrygian slave. He is also rumored to have a "deformity of feature")

I can't convey to you how my life is shifting at the very typing of this blog. I am transported back to my youth where just entering a library brought me so much joy and excitement, that I often fell ill and spent a good time in the bathroom. Even now, I am having to tell myself to breathe in slowly through my nose and out of my mouth!

The anxiety and depression that have been clouding my existence are fading.

Ah, books! It is good to be reunited!

I must run now. I have a student to teach and choir practice to attend.

But I will not be alone. I have my friends, Homer, Sophocles and Aesop at my side!

Talk to you soon!

Love,

Zita

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