“He has everything that an honest man should not have; what an honest man should have, he has nothing.”
- William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, IV.iii
“He has everything that an honest man should not have; what an honest man should have, he has nothing.”
- William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, IV.iii
If you wonder why people liked Pope Francis.
This is why.
youtu.be/bRbUTfSds0U?...
a lot of people think you need a lot of money to buy clothes. now you're right. ok. my bad.
“ ‘Tis the time’s plague, when madmen lead the blind.”
- William Shakespeare, KING LEAR IV.i
Happy Ides of March! #stabstabstab
We see the very wrack that we must suffer,
And unavoided is the danger now,
For suffering so the causes of our wrack.
If this were play’d upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.
Slava Ukraini.
Well deserved!
[Enter the Clowns]
Why Read Shakespeare?
https://buff.ly/4k97Tk8
"Shakespeare remains relevant because human nature hasn’t changed."
Photo of a cheese soufflé coming out of the oven
My soufflés are getting better. #saturdaysouffle #homeisahaven
Stand fast,
We have as many friends as enemies.
Thanks for this, just tonight was sitting here telling myself that I can’t continue this way.
“Every man has a bag hanging before him, in which he puts his neighbour's faults, and another behind him in which he stows his own.”
- William Shakespeare, Coriolanus
wear earplugs, don’t wear shoes without any support, embrace earnestness, grin at dogs and children, cut down on the podcasts and youtube, go see bands and plays, thank your bus driver, buy a vase at the thrift store and fill it with flowers
The organization is doing staged readings to raise money for pro-democracy groups, so perhaps another will come along.
reading of new play GROUP OF CRAZIES. Feb 10 at 7pm at Busboys & Poets Takoma. All proceeds go to Democracy 2025.
"The quality of mercy is not strain’d,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
’Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown."
-William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice
I was there last night (and it's such a good production!) and that moment was powerful. This play always makes me cry, but now especially.
Opening night. #whattheconstitutionmeanstome #roundhousetheatre #dctheatre #ilovedc #theplaysthething
But the snowflakes!! They stay on my nose and eyelashes!!!
"Like all great art, it makes me feel hopelessly inadequate'
( David Sipress The New Yorker)
Has a bee ever landed on you, and instead of getting scared, you appreciate the possibility that you got confused for a flower.