Tag: ubi sunt

Life, Literature, Poetry, Theatre, Writing

The Brief Sum of Life–In Praise of the Liberal Arts

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So sue me.  I've never really pretended to a deep acquaintance with, nor understanding of, mid twentieth-century American playwrights and screenwriters.  And so we have Days of Wine and Roses, a 1958 teleplay by JP Miller with Cliff Robertson and Piper Laurie , which I've always gotten spectacularly mixed up with Splendor in the Grass,… Continue reading The Brief Sum of Life–In Praise of the Liberal Arts

Loss, Medieval, Movies and TV, Poetry, Religion, Truth, Writing

Pancake Tuesday, 2024

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Cannot believe it's here already.  Where has January gone?  And February almost half-over! (That it isn't quite, in about 23 hours--in my time zone--can only be attributed to the fact that this is a leap year.) Ubi sunt?  (The Latinistas among us (the one or two that I know of) will understand this.) It's a… Continue reading Pancake Tuesday, 2024