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20 Words We Owe to William Shakespeare Thank you, Mental Floss. I’m feeling a bit…vindicated this afternoon. Have you ever just come across a situation that the common vernacular didn’t cover? So did Shakespeare. His solution…make up a word that conveyed what he wanted. How much poorer would the English language have been if Shakespeare […]
Read More 20 Words We Owe to William ShakespeareToday is the day that is typically celebrated as Shakespeare’s birthday. He would be 450 today. To commemorate the day, and although Sonnet 21 isn’t one of his most popular, it has always been one of my favorites. In it, Shakespeare vows his love is true and the words he writes about his love will be […]
Read More The Bard’s BirthdayOriginally posted on Dr. Rebecca Hains:
This week, New York and Slate published pieces asking why so many moms have a problem with pink and with princesses. “What’s the problem with pink, anyway?” griped Yael Kohen in New York. Then, building upon Kohen’s piece, Slate senior editor Allison Benedikt demanded: “What is it with you moms of girls? I have never…
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Bridal Shower has been accomplished (insert trumpet fanfare here!). This was so much fun to plan that I’m going to have to do another one, because this much fun cannot be contained to one party. To gather up grains of inspiration, I hit the original Lewis Carroll books, dredged my […]
Read More We’re All Mad Here“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” ― Sir Francis Bacon Are there books you devour? A genre you can’t resist tasting? An author whose work you digest thoroughly? Until, I get into a book, I can’t tell which one it will be. Right now, I […]
Read More Tasted, Devoured or Chewed and Digested Thoroughly?Are you doing anything to celebrate Earth Day? Planting a tree? Sharing a ride? Starting your own recycling program? Re-purposing or reusing something instead of throwing it away? Planting a garden? My planned Earth Day project was to start my own vegetable garden. However, my allergies made that impossible this year. My lovely sister is […]
Read More Happy Earth Day!Tasty Goodness – The Cheesecake Edition The time to resurrect the Tasty Goodness series has arrived. (Easter pun…I couldn’t resist.) For Easter, I decided I wanted to try out something new. Sunday dinners at my parents’ house are nothing new, but whether it was a need to do something special to commemorate the holiday, an […]
Read More Tasty Goodness – Cheesecake Editionhttp://youtu.be/x7mEV9VUgtQ I recently posted that Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Kubla Khan is my favorite poem. Then I found this clip of Benedict Cumberbatch reading it. Although the cadence and pace are not the same as the way I typically read it, which is really similar to the way my college professors did, the change in pace shifted […]
Read More Kubla Khan Read by Benedict CumberbatchYes, please. Just take my money now. I’ll definitely be in the theater for this one. Anyone else with me? ‘Til next time, Jessica
Read More X-Men Days of Future Past Trailer…Oh, YeahHave you ever found something that worked its way inside and just refused to leave? Coleridge’s Kubla Khan did that to me. The very first time I read it or heard it, I just couldn’t let it go, and I don’t know if I could tell you exactly what grabbed me. Each time I read it, […]
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