August 16th, 2016 → 5:21 am
“Study is like the heaven’s glorious sun.” – Love’s Labor’s Lost
If only my students thought that! Here’s to the beginning of a new school year. For my son, this week. For me, next week. Back to the books!
August 8th, 2016 → 7:03 am
“Like Arion on the dolphin’s back.
I saw him hold acquaintance with the waves.” – Twelfth Night
As summer nears its end, we’re trying to get in as much pool time as we can. Yesterday, my son abandoned his Spiderman swim vest, and of his own volition swam and jumped in the pool unaided. It was lovely. A mother’s dream (and nightmare), watching her son grow up before her eyes.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
August 4th, 2016 → 5:27 am
“The game is up.”
I recently learned that this phrase, “the game is up,” originally meant ‘the game is afoot,’ or, the ‘game is about to begin.’ In other words, it originally meant exactly the opposite of what it means today. That cracks me up for some reason.
As for Rio, in today’s parlance, let the games begin!