Posted July 1, 2015 in Monthly News

Metamorphoses

When most people think of metamorphosis, they usually think of caterpillars turning into butterflies or tadpoles into frogs. If you’ve ever read The Metamorphosis,” by Franz Kafka, you may have thought of the hapless Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find himself changed into a giant insect. At first he thinks he is […]

Posted November 16, 2014 in Monthly News

Seizing the Day

Although I do not have a coy mistress, I increasingly find myself contemplating Andrew Marvell’s poem, “To His Coy Mistress”. The poem is probably the best-known carpe diem, or “seize the day,” poem in English literature. The main theme of the poem is the need to take advantage of today because time passes quickly, and […]