February 22nd, 2017 → 5:45 am
“We came into the world like brother and brother,
And now let’s go hand in hand, not one before another.” – Comedy of Errors
A Jewish cemetery that I drive by nearly every day was vandalized this week. In response a Muslim American group started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to repair the damage. They reached their goal in three hours. Now that is what makes America great.
February 18th, 2017 → 5:06 am
“Hope is a lover’s staff.” – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
What a striking sentiment. True. Deep. Concise. Clear. When you are young and in love, you hope the other will return your affection. When you are later a newlywed, you hope your future will be bright and full. Once you are a long time married, you hope the relationship stays the course, that your lover will not lose faith or lust. After you are widowed/divorced, you hope you’ll find love yet again. Hope really is the crutch all love leans upon.
February 14th, 2017 → 6:42 am
“They do not love that do not show their love.” – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
In reading The Two Gentlemen of Verona, I came across this line in Act I. Do you think it’s true? That if someone doesn’t demonstrably show you their love, they must not love you? So if my husband doesn’t make a big display on Valentine’s Day, he no longer loves me? What if he only makes a small display, is his love then small? I guess I’ll have to wait and see what he does, then I’ll decide. 😉
February 10th, 2017 → 5:50 am
“You, minion, are too saucy.” – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
I love minions! Hilariously, here Shakespeare is using “minion” as “hussy”. I knew minions were servants, sycophants, vassals, and stooges, but hussies? Love it!
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art
January 12th, 2017 → 6:24 am
“Restoration hang
Thy medicine on my lips.” – King Lear
I’m feeling a bit under the weather right now. Here’s hoping things get better soon!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
January 8th, 2017 → 8:15 am
“How much more elder art thou than thy looks!” – The Merchant of Venice
I’m at a work conference right now, and in the elevator last night on my way to the ceremony where I was sworn in as president of the august and venerable Transportation and Public Utilities Group (TPUG), a young man turned to me and asked, “Are you headed to a job interview?” It took all I had not to laugh out loud. I know I’m small and I look young, but that young? Lovin’ it!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
January 5th, 2017 → 6:06 am
“Meet the time as it seeks us.
We fear not.” – Cymbeline
Stefan Zweig opened his memoirs with this line (at least, the first line), before he committed suicide in 1942. He was trying to understand, and face, Nazi Germany and all the upheaval happening in Europe at the time. It seems fitting today. 2016 was such a tumultuous year, and we don’t know what 2017 will bring. But let’s face it, and try to fear not.
December 5th, 2016 → 5:46 am
“Jack shall have Jill
Nought shall go ill;
The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well.” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Let’s hope so!
As the holiday season comes upon us I’ll be taking my usual blogging break, from now until the beginning of January. See you in 2017 and until then, take care and Happy Holidays!
November 27th, 2016 → 6:08 am
“You are not worth the dust which the rude wind
Blows in your face.” – King Lear
I hadn’t posted an insult in awhile, and Shakespeare has so many good ones, too! This is said to a truly annoying/evil woman who thinks she’s “worth the whistling.”
Filed under: Blog & Stupid/Evil People
November 22nd, 2016 → 6:55 am
“Presume not that I am the thing I was;
For God doth know, so shall the world perceive,
That I have turn’d away my former self;
So will I those that kept me company.” – Henry IV, Part II
I just re-watched Henry IV Parts I and II, of the amazing Hollow Crown series. In this set of plays we watch the future Henry V go from being a brash, licentious, dissolute youth, to a king who renounces his former ways and his former lowlife companions to become a better person. The plays end with the newly crowned King Henry V stating that he is a changed man, a better man, and that he will put from him the delinquent acquaintances of his youth. Wouldn’t it be nice if Trump did the same thing? Now that he is President-Elect, disavow his former scandalous self and his former villainous friends and become a more honest person. I’m pretty sure it won’t happen, but, wouldn’t it be nice?
Filed under: Blog & Politics/Politicians & Stupid/Evil People