May 26th, 2018 → 5:15 am
“We came into the world like brother and [sister]
And now let’s go hand in hand, not one before another.” – The Comedy of Errors
Benedict Cumberbatch is my new hero, for saying he will boycott any project that does not pay female co-stars the same as their male co-stars. He is urging other actors to do the same. And if that isn’t enough, apparently he is a “fervent feminist.” I don’t think I’ve had this big a crush on an actor since Michael J. Fox and Back to the Future!
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art
May 20th, 2018 → 5:45 am
“Eternity was in [their] lips and eyes,
Bliss in [their] brows’ bent; none [their] parts so poor
But was a race of heaven.” – Antony and Cleopatra
Yes, I watched the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle yesterday. As it happens, my son woke up early too and we watched it together – that was fun! God bless the new couple, and may they enjoy years of happiness together.
May 18th, 2018 → 5:45 am
“Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel.” – Hamlet
I made a new friend yesterday afternoon, and then met up with an old friend after work for coffee. A medium friend (what do you call someone who isn’t a new friend or an old friend, but a recent friend of 2-3 years??) I found out is leaving the United States at the end of summer and moving to the Netherlands; I don’t know when I’ll see her again. Friends come and friends go, they give pleasure and sadness, and if I could grasp some of them with hoops of steel, believe me, I would.
Filed under: Blog & Other & Self/My Life
May 7th, 2018 → 5:54 am
“The seasons alter…
the spring, the summer,
The childing autumn, angry winter, change
Their wonted liveries.” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The semester is ending, the weather is turning, neighbors are moving, colleagues are retiring, change is afoot. I feel the need to grasp onto something steady, heavy, and strong. As the rivulets of life rush past, cool, wet, and murky, I look into the waters and consider. And sigh. And then, as a yellow butterfly winks past, I slip off my shoes and step into the stream and enjoy.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
May 1st, 2018 → 6:20 am
“Beauty, truth and rarity,
Grace in all simplicity,
Here enclosed, in cinders lie.” – Phoenix and Turtle
It broke my heart to read about the letter a woman wrote to her husband, just before she was put on the trains to Auschwitz. It is amazing the letter survived the Holocaust at all; it is even more astonishing how love, it seems, can shine through anything.