July 27th, 2013 → 5:59 am
“My boy, my [Vincent], my fair son!
My life, my joy, my food, my all the world!
My widow-comfort, and my sorrows’ cure!” – King John
It’s as though my son read my blog the other day, and embarrassed, decided to atone for it. Last night at dinner something happened and I said to him, “What would you do without me?” And he looked me straight in the eye and said, “Mommy, I would never do anything without you.” ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Filed under: Blog & Other & Self/My Life
July 25th, 2013 → 6:55 am
“See, sons, what things you are!” – Henry IV, Part II
Ah, what the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have to look forward to… This morning, in the middle of our early AM cuddle, my son peed on me. So much for a smooth potty training with no accidents!
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July 23rd, 2013 → 6:16 am
“This royal infant – heaven still move about [him]!-
Though in [his] cradle, yet now promises
Upon this land a thousand thousand blessings,
Which time shall bring to ripeness” – Henry VIII
Congratulations to the Brits! Happy royal baby!
July 16th, 2013 → 6:50 am
“There is no more mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger.” – Coriolanus
The last few years have seen a lot of discussion and awareness brought to the issue of childhood bullying. But the best essay/poem/performance I’ve seen about it so far is the one I saw last night, by Shane Koyczan. Go to his website and scroll down the homepage to the video of his “To This Day” TED talk. It’s amazing.
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art & Other
July 12th, 2013 → 6:25 am
“What craker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?” – King John
I recently came across a discussion of the origin of the slur “cracker” (which took place because a witness in the George Zimmerman murder trial testified that Trayvon Martin referred to Zimmerman as a “creepy-ass cracker”). To my surprise, the earliest use of the term is apparently Shakespeare (!), in the quote above. Who knew we could thank Shakespeare for such treasures as “hobnob,” “madcap,” “bloodstained,” and yes, also “cracker.”
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June 16th, 2013 → 6:11 am
“For [us] the foolish over-careful fathers
Have broke their sleep with thoughts,
Their brains with care, their bones with industry.” – Henry IV, Part II
To caring fathers everywhere, who worry, work, and love their children. Happy Father’s Day.
June 5th, 2013 → 7:46 am
“Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines.” – Sonnet 18
Frank Bruni had a funny op-ed in the New York Times yesterday, railing against the scourge of summer (he used the above quote in his article). He claimed that summer can be too hot, too buggy, and too joyfully demanding. I happen to enjoy summer so I can’t quite sympathize, but if I were attacked by as many frightening bugs as he seems to be, I’d probably like it a little bit less too.
May 27th, 2013 → 6:55 am
“Unregarded age in corners thrown.” – As You Like It
Last week I read about Yuichiro Miura, the 80 year old Japanese man who climbed Mount Everest. At the time I was impressed, but I also assumed he must just have really good health. Yesterday, however, I read how in fact he had both hip surgery and heart surgery not long before making the climb. As one who has had her fair share of physical impairments, now I am even more impressed.
May 22nd, 2013 → 6:54 am
“This mortal house I’ll ruin.” – Antony and Cleopatra
Apparently somebody walked into Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris yesterday, strolled up to the main altar, and then pulled out a shotgun and blasted himself in the mouth. If you’re going to commit suicide I have a lot of sympathy for you, you must be in a pretty low place, but why do it in front of 1,500 tourists (including children) on their family vacations? That ruins not just your own mortal shell, but the image of Notre-Dame as a sanctuary as well.
May 16th, 2013 → 6:23 am
“If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.” – Romeo and Juliet
Well, the wedding my husband, son, and I flew out to Nevada to attend never took place. Our neice, in the end, broke it off. At least we got to see family and have a bit of memorable fun time. Personally, I think 19 years old is too young to get engaged in the first place, but when I say that, I then can’t help but think of my in-laws who got married that young and yet still stayed together for 50+ years. Even now they hold hands together when they sit on the couch and watch TV at night (it’s so friggin adorable). Who knows what makes love work?!?
Filed under: Blog & Other & Self/My Life