Quote of the Day

Courtesy of Andrew Sullivan,

 this one pierces my (English/Reading teacher's) heart.

The Times Magazine, although it has tried to add modern details, still seems old fashioned, page after page of type. It needs to be read and that seems, I believe to almost everybody, exhausting,” – Michael Wolff.

Reading: who needs that shit any more?

Hey Dad,

    Miss you.

Love, 
     Squeaky

I Think I Needz a Hug

I always feel like crawling into bed and staying there when we have several days of rain in a row. 

*sighs*

UH OH.

-14 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Poor (Failure) Take the test!

TWEET, TWEET

This has been a sad week in the world. I know, it really hasn't been that much different than the week before, or the week before that. Maybe that is why it seems so sad. When I was younger, my anger was quick to spark and flash at the injustices and blindness. But now - I just feel sad. There is so much I will never understand. This is not a political forum, so I will simply ask: How can people say they have love for others when they know nothing of compassion, and take delight in their suffering?

Two lines from an e.e. Cummings poem, You Shall Above All Things, have been stuck in my head all week. (Maybe they'll stick in yours.)

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance