October 9th, 2011 → 6:33 am
“You alone are you.” – Sonnet 84
I couldn’t decide this morning whether to add yet another encomium to the mountain of praise already out there on Steve Jobs, or, to write about my birthday which also happened this weekend. In the end, the above quote seemed to fit my sentiments about both. Steve Jobs was clearly a unique visionary, alone in his creativity and spark. And this weekend I was reminded again that I alone am myself; I alone am responsible for my foibles, I alone am responsible for my happiness, I alone am responsible for my life. Amen.
Filed under: Blog & Other & Self/My Life
October 7th, 2011 → 7:14 am
“From women’s eyes this doctrine I derive:
They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;
They are the books, the arts, the academes,
They show, contain, and nourish all the world.” – Love’s Labor’s Lost
The Nobel Peace Prize went to Ellen Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakkul Karman today, three women involved in the “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights.” I couldn’t be prouder.
October 5th, 2011 → 6:24 am
“Our country sinks beneath the yoke;
It weeps, it bleeds; and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds.” – Macbeth
I’ve been reading how the Arctic sea ice is melting even faster than initial models predicted. It’s really rather frightening to contemplate. Along with unemployment, the debt, and presidential primary jockeying, we also need to worry about global climate change. No wonder it’s too hard to focus action on any one thing – there’s too much to contemplate!
Filed under: Blog & Other & Politics/Politicians
October 3rd, 2011 → 7:59 am
“A stirring dwarf we do allowance give before a sleeping giant.” – Troilus and Cressida
Why is it that we seem more concerned about Demi and Ashton’s breakup, then about the threat of global warming? About non-existent inflation, then the very real high unemployment rate? About Chaz Bono on Dancing with the Stars, rather than death and the war in Afghanistan? I’m not blaming anybody because it seems to be a universal, nonpartisan phenomenon, but why is it that we get so distracted by stirring dwarfs when there are so many larger sleeping giants about?
Filed under: Blog & Economics/Money & Other & Politics/Politicians & Stupid/Evil People
September 23rd, 2011 → 3:19 am
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” – Sonnet 18
I had to wear a jacket yesterday, for the first time in months. It is definitely getting cold out. Bummer.
September 21st, 2011 → 6:37 am
“I love long life better than figs.” – Antony and Cleopatra
This quote seems a little odd, until you realize that in ancient times “fig” had a sexual connotation. Aristophanes, for example, in Peace wrote: “Pick your figs. May his be large and hard. May hers be sweet.” On that note, the choice between a long life and figs can indeed seem like something of a toss-up.
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art & Other
September 19th, 2011 → 8:35 am
“I could endure anything before but a cat.” – All’s Well that Ends Well
Apparently Shakespeare was not at all fond of cats, which is too bad, because I love them. I guess this marks my second disagreement now with the great bard (though, like the first disagreement on economics, I can certainly come up with a twist that brings us closer together: think feral cats of the 16th century). Since my husband and baby have been away all week, my cat NoMe and I have been comforting each other and cuddling at all hours of the day, in all rooms of the house. We’re thick as thieves right now…
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
September 15th, 2011 → 7:23 am
“This must my comfort be,
That sun that warms you here shall shine on me.” – Richard II
My husband took my baby and flew off to Nevada to visit his brother. So I’m home alone.
It’s scary quiet in here…
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
September 11th, 2011 → 7:55 am
“One for all or all for one we gage.” – Lucrece
On this 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy I feel a strong comradery with my fellow Americans. One for all and all for one! – if we can just stick together, work together, and look out for each other, we can do anything. I know it.
September 9th, 2011 → 6:08 am
“Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
Raze out the written troubles of the brain,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart?” – Macbeth
Sometimes life just gets to me and I feel blue. I wish there were a way to minister to this heartache of the mind, except to simply wait and let time pass….
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life