Posted May 31, 2019 in Monthly News
By Joel Bowman, on 31 May 2019
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
By Joel Bowman, on 16 November 2014
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 […]