September 16, 2018

Staten Island, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.



View of harbor from Ft. Wadsworth.



Measure for Measure in the Wild West.



Goats.



Wall Art.

September 15, 2018

Groping for trout in a peculiar river: A Shakespearean joke used in Measure for Measure, where groping describes a method of fishing by feeling for them in the water with the hands; peculiar was already in use to describe a mistress, much in the same way a cat or an owl might be a witch’s peculiar.



LUCIO

Our doubts are traitors
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt. Go to Lord Angelo,
And let him learn to know, when maidens sue,
Men give like gods; but when they weep and kneel,
All their petitions are as freely theirs
As they themselves would owe them.

June 14, 2011

Tickets were easy, the play was OK, Danai Gurira was quite good.



The cast.



Picnic near Turtle Pond overlooked by Belvedere Castle.



Birds everywhere. Wine and Luke's Lobster. Wonderful evening and terrific weather.

June 13, 2011

Going to try and see Measure for Measure tonight. Queens Distribution and Virtual Lottery. Will I be lucky ? I'll be showing up at the Queens distribution at 12:30.



Back in 1976 it was Meryl Streep and John Cazale.