November 4th, 2016 → 8:40 am
“One good deed dying tongueless
Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that.” – The Winter’s Tale
We do not praise goodness enough. The news and the world seems filled with evilness and bad deeds. But good people and good acts happen all the time. If we talked about them more, maybe more would be inspired to occur. To the kind lady who helped rescue my fallen groceries from oncoming traffic: thank you.
October 31st, 2016 → 5:47 am
“Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned,
Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou com’st in such a questionable shape
That I will speak to thee.” – Hamlet
And what I will say is: “Would you like a Snickers or a Twix?”
Happy Halloween everyone!!!
October 19th, 2016 → 5:53 am
“Cormorant devouring time.” – Love’s Labor’s Lost
(Note: The cormorant is a ravenous sea bird that eats fish in large numbers.)
All of a sudden I’m crazy busy and can’t find enough time to get everything done. I hate when it gets like this. It’s exhausting!
Filed under: Blog & Other & Self/My Life
September 30th, 2016 → 5:58 am
“I am gone, though I am here.” – Much Ado About Nothing
It’s that time of the semester when my students are barely there, I’m barely there, everyone’s walking around half-sick, fully tired, and wishing they were in bed. Wouldn’t that be nice right now? More sleep…..zzzzz….
Filed under: Blog & Other & Self/My Life
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 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!
July 4th, 2016 → 11:08 am
“When we are born we cry that we are come
To this great stage of fools.” – King Lear
And every day, it seems to get crazier. But I love it nonetheless. Happy Birthday USA – what better place to spend it, then the Grand Canyon?
June 20th, 2016 → 5:26 am
“This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands;
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.” – Richard II
One of Shakespeare’s most famous odes to his motherland. Good luck on the vote Thursday! I’m quite anxious to see what happens…
Filed under: Blog & Other & Politics/Politicians
June 12th, 2016 → 6:15 am
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” – Sonnet 18
I know it is only June 12, but a friend asked me the other day when we could go on a floating trip together, and the earliest date I could come up with was near the end of July! Our summer is so booked it feels practically over. Ah, summer, don’t go, stay, please, stay!
May 16th, 2016 → 5:50 am
“They threw their caps
As they would hang them on the horns of the moon.” – Coriolanus
Happy graduation to everyone finishing college, high school, kindergarten, or anything else this month. Wo-hoo!