August 27th, 2011 → 11:59 am
“The storm is up, and all is on the hazard.” – Julius Caesar
Good luck East Coast. Here’s hoping Hurricane Irene doesn’t hit too hard, nor cause too much damage.
August 26th, 2011 → 8:31 am
“Love all, trust a few.” – All’s Well That Ends Well
This just felt particularly apt today.
August 24th, 2011 → 5:44 am
“A dish fit for the gods.” – Julius Caesar
I watched a rather old production of Julius Caesar last night, which had Marlon Brando in it as Mark Antony. After watching him in A Streetcar Named Desire awhile back as well, I can attest that I now totally get why Brando is considered such a huge, transformative actor. He was quite handsome as well! My god, his magnetism really does just jump off the screen.
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art
August 22nd, 2011 → 7:02 am
“The labour we delight in physics pain.” – Macbeth
Today is the first day of the new semester at UMSL. Welcome back to school! Hopefully teaching will bring me joy (as it usually does) and physics (i.e. cure) the pains in my hip and in my heart!!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
August 20th, 2011 → 12:12 am
“I know no ways to mince it in love but directly to say ‘I love you.'” – Henry V
I still miss you Grandma. And I wish I could tell you, laughing over cappuccino at a cafe along Bagdat Caddesi, that I love you very much. Seni cok seviyorum buyukanne.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
August 18th, 2011 → 7:41 am
“The private wound is deepest.” – Two Gentlemen of Verona
My grandmother passed away yesterday. It’s hard not to have regrets, private thoughts deep in the darkest recesses of your heart. When my mother lay supine in a coma, days before her own death, my grandmother bent over her body and cried “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so very sorry,” over and over again. We each enter our own personal hell when someone we love dies, and I’m still looking for the anodyne that helps to draw out the pain…
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
August 16th, 2011 → 6:45 am
“Nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defence.” – Sonnet XII
I woke up this morning and saw in the mirror as I washed my face two deep lines running along the sides of my mouth. Smile lines, or frown lines or what have you. It made me pause and realize that I am aging; that I may be heading down the other half of the hill at this point. Ach, it gives me a shiver to think about!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
August 13th, 2011 → 7:01 am
“How hard it is to hide the sparks of Nature!” – Cymbeline
A few weeks ago I did an interview for HEC-TV on the environment, and the letter I sent to the EPA with Natalie Portman. Well, here it is! I’ve gotten a few emails from followers asking why I haven’t blogged about the environment yet, as I am an environmental economist in my day job, and I have no real excuse for the delay… I will promise that this won’t be my last entry on environmental issues, and I’ll repeat it as many times as anyone will listen: we need to put a price on carbon already!!
August 11th, 2011 → 7:15 am
Henry: “What treasure, uncle?”
Exeter: “Tennis-balls, my liege.” – King Henry V
My husband has woken up at crazy hours all this week to either play golf, or go flying. He’s trying to get the fun in before the weather gets too hot by mid-afternoon, which I understand, but it’s amazing how on a non-sports day I can’t get him out of bed before noon. Boys and their games!
August 10th, 2011 → 6:59 am
“Man’s life is cheap as beast’s.” – King Lear
My heart goes out to the families of the soldiers who were killed in the Chinook helicopter crash in Afghanistan on August 6. It has been reported to be “the deadliest single incident in the history of the war.” There is no way to say it except that, well, war is terrible.