Hoy disfruté con plenitud el ritual semanal de ir a hacer compras, y chinearnos con gusticos, en la Feria del Agricultor de Guadalupe. Es verano aún y las tardes de abril son soleadas y cálidas. Aunque ya cantan los yigüirros convocando al invierno, no han llegado las lluvias vespertinas de mayo. Por ello es posible … Continue reading Viernes de verano en la Feria del Agricultor
Pasiflora Abril: luz solar ilumina las flores de nuestro jardín. Rosas Rabo de zorro April in these tropics: Flowers from our garden frolic in sunlight. Lirios Calas Geranios "Tigresas" (?) Foto de portada: Flores que brotaron solitas en el jardín sin que yo sepa su nombre.
Regresé a las cumbres del Volcan Irazú (3.432 m.s.n.m.). Aunque durante el ascenso la neblina cubría sus laderas y lloviznaba, ya en el sector del cráter el viento alejó las nubes y se abrió el cielo azulísimo. Cráter Diego de la Haya Me detuve a observar el cráter activo mientras un junco volcanero (Junco vulcani), … Continue reading En las alturas del Irazú
Hace una mañana hermosa en San José: soleada, tibia, cúmulos y estratocúmulos dándole textura al horizonte, sobre las cumbres de las montañas del suroeste en Alajuelita, Escazú, Santa Ana. En mi jardín, florecen la passiflora alata (belleza amazónica y purpúrea) y la passiflora vitifolia (roja pasión), así como las rosas magenta. En cualquier momento vendrá … Continue reading Noche Buena en San José
This has been a remarkably Greek year for me. I have been able to read quite a lot of Ancient Greek philosophy and literature, and I have engaged in conversation with contemporary commentaries on those traditions. I traveled to Athens in April and came back to the Americas with a desire to return to Hellas … Continue reading Zorba: Apollo or Dionysus
I have enjoyed a leisurely weekend for the first time in several months. On Thanksgiving Day, I expressed gratitude to friends and family, but I stayed home. I slept late, drank coffee, made a simple breakfast, and read Kazantzakis's Zorba the Greek, to admire the dyonisian main character and to break with my overly apollonian … Continue reading Montaigne and Thoreau: Idle Joy
To my surprise, this year I discovered Michel de Montaigne as a good friend. I read his essay "Of Experience" with my students in a seminar on philosophy and the good life, and I felt really engaged by his attitude towards life. I particularly appreciate his hedonist view that nature weaves together what is truly … Continue reading Montaigne and Thoreau: Walking
I am thoroughly enjoying these autumn evenings reading Louise Glück's Meadowlands (1996). Her poems weave the story of Penelope, Odysseus, and Telemachus into the life of a childless, contemporary couple mired in a strained relationship. They share moments of generosity and pettiness, love and hurt, vindictiveness and remorse, neediness and aloofness, blended with instances of … Continue reading Glück: Quiet Evening
Quando eu penso em Ariadne, imagino e tento comprender três momentos na história da neta de Helios, sobrinha de Circe. O primeiro é quando ela se apaixona pelo "herói" ateniense Teseu, ao ponto de trair a confiança da sua família cretense. Como surgiu essa paixão pelo Teseu? O que a levou a ajudá-lo para fugir … Continue reading O Fio de Ariadne
Tenho curtido vários reencontros, no Brasil, nos últimos meses. Há poucos dias, por exemplo, voltei a me encontrar com a poesia de Thereza Kolbe. Em 2016, numa livraria do bairro Gonzaga em Santos, encontrei um dos seus poemários, Livro do Rio (2005). Li alguns poemas na livraria, gostei deles, e levei o poemário comigo para … Continue reading Thereza Kolbe: Mensagem
Daniel G. Campos 