This tree is along the river just off the side of the bridge at 8-mile.
[daily log: walking, 3km; dogwalking, 4km]
Day: January 9, 2023
Caveat: 활을 당겨 콧물을 씻는다
I found this aphorism in my book of Korean aphorisms.
활을 당겨 콧물을 씻는다
hwal.eul dang.gyeo kos.mul.eul ssis.neun.da
bow-OBJ pull snot-OBJ wipe-PRES
[Someone] draws the bow [and] wipes [their] snot.
Imagine your nose is running – maybe it’s cold outside. You’re an archer. You draw your bow, and in that moment, you wipe your nose with your sleeve. I think that this refers to availing oneself of any opportunity, regardless of appearances. Or… you do what must be done in the moment.
Caveat: Poem #2351 “The apocalypse of the month”
ㅁ The end is nigh and people fear we've messed it up - oh no! But maybe we could notice that the past was that same show.
– a quatrain in ballad meter.