October 18th, 2014 → 6:39 am
“For you, there’s rosemary, and rue; these keep
Seeming and savour all the winter long.” – Winter’s Tale
I came home from work last night feeling rather down after a rather dispiriting day at work. And right when I walked through the door I heard my husband and son scrambling in the kitchen, giggling, telling me to wait where I was and close my eyes. My son had picked a basketful of flowers for me from the schoolyard that day, and then he and my husband had brought them all together in a nice bouquet, which my son handed to me proudly at the door. It nearly brought tears to my eyes.
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October 15th, 2014 → 5:34 am
“What art thou that usurp’st this time of night?” – Hamlet
I haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep in ages, it feels like. Damn you, usurper of the night…
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October 2nd, 2014 → 6:10 am
“The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side,
His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound.” – As You Like It
My in-laws were in town last week, and despite the fact that my father-in-law is 85 years old (!), he is nothing like the sixth age of man that Shakespeare describes above. He still walks, drives, snow mobiles, he even roofed his house last year. Granted, he’s a bit shrunk and wears glasses (though so do I), but otherwise his overall fitness is impressive.
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September 27th, 2014 → 5:34 am
“Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.” – King Lear
If you’re wondering where the last couple of posts went, they disappeared! Literally! We’re in the process of changing hosting services for this website and, well, things got a bit messed up this week. Hold tight till we know the new server is up and running correctly…
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August 24th, 2014 → 6:17 am
“He has strangled
His language in his tears.” – Henry VIII
All kids cry. What differs, appears to be adults’ reaction to them. When my son cries I want to know what happened, what is wrong, what he is feeling and why. My husband wants him to just stop. I no longer try to figure out which one of us parents better – we simply parent differently oftentimes – but it is interesting how people can respond to such commonalities so very disparately.
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August 11th, 2014 → 6:18 am
“Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing,
And like enough thou knowest thy estimate.” – Sonnet 87
My boys leave today for a trip to visit the in-laws. I’m going to be rather lonely without them…
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August 6th, 2014 → 5:51 am
“My thoughts are whirled like a potter’s wheel.” – Henry VI, Part I
The above quote is one of my favorites (I made sure to use it in my novel, Shakespeare’s Sister). And today, for me, it seems particularly apt I’m in the middle of an exciting research project and can’t stop thinking about comments I’ve received on it, the semester begins again soon and I have to start preparing for classes, my son is transitioning to a new classroom and his new teacher is on my mind as well. No wonder I keep waking up even earlier than usual in the mornings!
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July 6th, 2014 → 7:11 am
“An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own.” – As You Like It
I love my house to death, but we’re thinking of selling it to move into a better school district for my son. Our real estate agent came by and pointed out all the things that are wrong with our house. *sigh* It was difficult to hear such criticism, however true!
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July 3rd, 2014 → 6:42 am
“The pleasing punishment that women bear.” – Comedy of Errors
Today we celebrate my son’s 4th birthday. We’ve got balloons to get, a cake to pick up, presents still to be wrapped. This is so exciting! And yet rather nerve-wracking too. Ah!
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June 21st, 2014 → 7:45 pm
“I could endure anything before but a cat,
And now he’s cat to me.” – All’s Well That Ends Well
I don’t know how it happened. I honestly can’t believe it did happen. This morning I woke up completely unaware that anything like this could happen. We adopted a second cat today. After a morning spent picking raspberry’s at Lakeview Farms, I took my son with me to the vet for our current cat’s checkup. There were cats to be adopted there, and lo and behold, my son immediately became enamored of a cat named Stanley. Wouldn’t let it go. We came home and he convinced my husband – who had previously vowed NEVER to get another cat – that he and Stanley had to be together. Now, we have a new cat in the house! Welcome to the family, Stanley.
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