Posted May 31, 2019 in Monthly News

Time Was

A long time ago, a song writer named Jimmy Dorsey said:

     Time was when we had fun      On the school yard swings      When we exchanged graduation rings      One lovely yesterday      Time was when we wrote      Love letters in the sand      Or lingered over our “coffee and”;      Dreaming the time away      Picnics and hay rides and […]

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 […]