Category: Vacations

To Philosophize

A week at the beach during Spring Break, near Sarasota, Florida, my God, the cars, the crowds, no peace.

“To philosophize is

To learn

To die.”

Michel Montaigne, French

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Haiku —

To see the world

In lines of three.

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The sun, the sand,

The wind, the waves

I finally reached the beach.

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On Casey Key,

Poor Pyrrho of Ellis

Couldn’t afford to stay

— Basho no yona

Casey Key

Previously, two plus millennia ago, back in the Peloponnesus…

Pyrrho of Elis (4th c. BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher who disdained wealth and luxury and preached the philosophy of ataraxia, by suspending judgment about beliefs.

In France and Japan one philosophizes, one waxes poetic.

Michel de Montaigne (1533 – 1592) gave us the essay. Basho gave us the haiku. The beaches along the Florida Keys near Sarasota are a place to rest amid the restless waves.

Zion

Holy Cow

A heavenly site

— Zion

Southern Utah has five National Parks and Zion ranks as the best. Towering cliffs of red and white Navaho Sandstone, box canyons the are a hikers delight, winding roads with scenic views draw travelers from around the world.

Ironic that Las Vegas is nearby. Sin City and the Holy Place.

Too Pretty

Last day on Grand Cayman. Nothing but blue skies and willowy clouds. West Bay in the distance reaching out into the Caribbean, cruise ships arriving in George Town, small boats going to and fro, and I am smack dab in the middle of Seven Mile Beach listening to the waves washing ashore.

Lovely to visit

The sea and sand, the wind in the trees

George Town, Grand Cayman

Too pretty for words

Simply see and give plenty of thanks

— Laozi shows the Way