November 25th, 2015 → 5:23 am
“And to be boy eternal.” – Winter’s Tale
For the next month I’ll be doing a different kind of blog – about my son. Check it out here!
November 19th, 2015 → 6:07 am
“Let the bird of loudest lay…
Herald sad and trumpet be,
To whose sound chaste wings obey.” – The Phoenix and the Turtle
It took me a long time (too long?), but I finally joined Twitter yesterday. I certainly won’t be the bird of loudest lay (lay=song or voice), and I sure hope I won’t be heralding everyone to a funeral (which is what is happening in this less-well-known poem of Shakespeare’s), but I do hope to have something to contribute, and soon. So stay tuned.
November 15th, 2015 → 12:54 pm
“Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.” – Romeo and Juliet
My thoughts are with the families of the victims…
Filed under: Blog & Other & Stupid/Evil People
November 11th, 2015 → 5:16 am
“Virginity… ‘Tis too cold a companion. Away with ‘t!”
“To speak on the part of virginity is to accuse your mothers, which is most infallible disobedience.”
“Besides, virginity is peevish, proud, idle, made of self-love,
which is the most inhibited sin in the canon.”
“Virginity… the longer kept, the less worth.” – All’s Well That Ends Well
I’m reading All’s Well That Ends Well this month with my reading group. Act 1 Scene 1 is hilarious! The bawdy sex talk, the innuendo, the oh-so-strong condemnation of virginity. There is more in the scene than what is quoted above, but I’ve copied at least a few of the lines that brought a smile to my face.
November 4th, 2015 → 5:14 am
“Diseased nature oftentimes breaks forth
In strange eruptions.” – Henry IV, Part One
The weather in St. Louis is supposed to be in the high 70s today. In November! I can remember when it used to snow around now. I know weather doesn’t equal climate, but this warmth sure feels out of the ordinary.
October 30th, 2015 → 5:56 am
“What a fearful night is this!
There’s two or three of us have seen strange sights.” – Julius Caesar
Happy (one of my favorite holidays) Halloweeeeeennnnn!!!!!
September 4th, 2015 → 6:08 am
“The indifferent children of the earth.” – Hamlet
Who are the “indifferent” children in this quote, the migrants seeking refuge on Europe’s shores? Or the Europeans that are hesitant to take them in? Maybe it is both – as we are all children of the earth.
August 23rd, 2015 → 6:13 am
“Courage mounteth with occasion.” – King John
Three Americans (Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler) on a train to France up and took down a terrorist attacker, before he had a chance to do too much harm. How totally awesome. You just want to hug these guys.
July 19th, 2015 → 6:10 am
“Honour, riches, marriage-blessing,
Long continuance, and increasing,
Hourly joys be still upon you!” – Tempest
We’re off to the West Coast for a family wedding. Newlyweds…they’re always so cute, and so naive…
Filed under: Blog & Other & Self/My Life
July 16th, 2015 → 5:59 am
“What trust is in these times?” – Henry IV, Part II
Trust – it’s the missing ingredient in the eurozone negotiations with Greece. It never made much of an appearance in the nuclear negotiations with Iran. I’ve read that the majority of spouses don’t trust their partners. Whaa?? Has there always been this little trust in the world, and how did I miss it before now?
Filed under: Blog & Other & Politics/Politicians