Quote of the day

"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues." (Shakespeare, "All's Well That Ends Well")

"After Apple-picking", Robert Frost

After Apple Picking

My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still.
And there's a barrel that I didn't fill
Beside it, and there may be two or three
Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.
Essence of winter sleep is on the night,
The scent of apples; I am drowsing off.

( I cannot shake the summer from my sight... )

[A bit unseasonable, but saw the photo on FB and it reminded me of Frost's poem)

(no subject)

..."Is it possible he should know what he is, and be that he is?"


..."Who knows himself a braggart,
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
That every braggart shall be found an ass."

(Shakespeare, "All's Well That Ends Well")

Ukrainian children's foundation requests help

I personally know several of the people in charge; their current request is nutritional supplements and vitamins for children with CF. They can be bought and sent directly to the fund's volunteers in the USA or Germany, who will then forward the packages to the Ukraine. (These vitamins and supplements are not available in the Ukraine)

Every little bit helps, and one package of vitamins or supplements only costs $10--$30.

Addresses and details can be found here: http://deti.zp.ua/eng/show_article.php?a_id=506355