logistics

If I let them,

the logistics of life

might swallow me entire.

to be Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved with a love that was more than love -
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me -
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud one night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we -
Of many far wiser than we -
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling -my darling -my life and my bride,
In the sepulcher there by the sea -
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

look at that sun

Look at the sun sinkin’ like a ship
Ain’t that just like my heart, babe

Jane Austen

This last year I read the complete novels of Jane Austen

(in order of date published):

Sense and Sensibility

Pride and Prejudice

Mansfield Park

Emma

Northanger Abbey

Persuasion

Lady Susan

I never read romance or popular novels, and so in a sense Jane Austen's books became my Sue Grafton or J.K. Rowling. Although her language is advanced and sometimes difficult, Austen consistently wrote about society, romance, and marriage (and sex, for that matter). If you think about it, Austen grew up when England was going through some seriously uncertain times, with the American and French Revolutions, to just name a couple of events. That fact that her novels never incorporate death, politics, poverty, or anything serious of the sort, you can begin to see Austen as an extremely talented writer who obsessed over marriage. And yet, despite her choice of themes, her characters have more depth than most writers could ever dream of creating.

I feel a bit remiss without any more Austen to read. I really came to rely on them. I suppose I just move on, and consider re-reading them some years down the road. Pride and Prejudice was really her best, if you only have time to read one of her works. But, I found Persuasion a close second.

Cheers, Miss Austen.

perfect

perfect 70 something day

oh, giggle

James Boswell, in 1763

"Next day, Sunday, July 31, I told [Samuel Johnson] I had been that morning at a meeting of the people called the Quakers, where I had heard a woman preach. JOHNSON. 'Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprized to find it done at all.'"

Quote in Equiano, the African by Vincent Carretta

Coffee Shop Niche

find your place to be.

I am, &c. &c.,

sending/receiving mail, a darling of mine. the conclusion, the fair-well and signature, being of upmost interest in each letter. below are some I've received, and/or use myself.

yours ever,

adieu,

yours, &c.,

all my best,

respectfully,

with pride and love for you,

sincerely,

with best love, etc.,

cordially,

faithfully yours,

regards,

I am etc.,

love,

write someone a letter.

Dance

Welcome to you,

Monday Morning.

New Bicycle

I call her Elsabet.

El for short.

Miss Austen

on Poetry, and those who enjoy it.

"It [is] the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it sparingly."

Jane Austen, Persuasion

Baby Blueberry Crumble

Summer is

Summer is list:

Blueberry eating

Wet hair house leaving

New Yorker reading

Boy kissing

Dog Park stalking

Red Nail Polish wearing

Margarita drinking

Lawrence dancing

Bangs cutting

Good bye saying

to Ache

"I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, My Lost City

The Solitude of Self

The point I wish plainly to bring before you on this occasion is the individuality of each human soul-our Protestant idea. the right of individual conscience and judgement - our republican idea, individual citizenship. In discussing the rights of woman, we are to consider, first, what belongs to her as an individual, in a world of her own, the arbiter of her own destiny, an imaginary Robinson Crusoe with her woman Friday on a solitary island . Her rights under such circumstances are to use all her faculties for her own safety and happiness.

Secondly, if we consider her as a citizen, as a member of a great nation, she must have the same rights as all other members, according to the fundamental principles of our Government.

Thirdly, viewed as a woman, an equal factor in civilization, her rights and duties are still the same-individual happiness and development.

Fourthly, it is only the incidental relations of life, such as mother wife, sister, daughter, which may involve some special duties and training. In the usual discussion in regard to woman's sphere, such men as Herbert Spencer, Frederick Harrison and Grant Allen uniformly subordinate her rights and duties as an individual, as a citizen, as a woman, to the necessities of these incidental relations, some of which a large class of women never assume. In discussing the sphere of man we do not decide his rights as an individual, as a citizen, as a man, by his duties as a father, a husband, a brother or a son, some of which he may never undertake. Moreover he would be better fitted for these very relations, and whatever special work he might choose to do to earn his bread, by the complete development of all his faculties as an individual. just so with woman. The education which will fit her to discharge the duties in the largest sphere of human usefulness, will best fit her for whatever special work she may be compelled to do.

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings. The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities for higher education, for the full development of her faculties, her forces of mind and body; for giving her the most enlarged freedom of thought and action; a complete emancipation from all forms of bondage, of custom, dependence, superstition; from all the crippling influences of fear-is the solitude and personal responsibility of her own individual life. The strongest reason why we ask for woman a voice in the government under which she lives; in the religion she is asked to believe; equality in social life, where she is the chief factor; a place in the trades and professions, where she may earn her bread, is because of her birthright to self -sovereignty; because, as an individual, she must rely on herself.

To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes ; to deny the rights of property is like cutting off the hands. To refuse political equality is to rob 'the ostracized of all self-respect, of credit in the market place, of recompense in the world of work, of a voice in choosing those who make and administer the law, a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment. Shakespeare's play of Titus and Andronicus contains a terrible satire on woman's position in the nineteenth century - "Rude men seized the king's daughter, cut out her tongue, cut off her hands, and then bade her go call for water and wash her hands." What a picture of woman's position! Robbed of her natural rights, handicapped by law and custom at every turn, yet compelled to fight her own battles, and in the emergencies of life to fall back on herself for protection . . . . .

How the little courtesies of life on the surface of society, deemed so important from man towards woman, fade into utter insignificance in view of the deeper tragedies in which she must play her part alone, where no human aid is possible!

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self -sovereignty; the right to an equal place, everywhere conceded-a place earned by personal merit, not an artificial attainment by inheritance, wealth, family and position. Conceding then that the responsibilities of life rest equally on man and woman, that their destiny is the same, they need the same preparation for time and eternity. The talk of sheltering woman from the fierce storms of life is the sheerest mockery, for they beat on her from every point of the compass, just as they do on man, and with more fatal results, for he has been trained to protect himself, to resist, to conquer . . . . .

In music women speak again the language of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and are worthy interpreters of their great thoughts. The poetry and novels of the century are theirs, and they have touched the keynote of reform in religion, politics and social life. They fill the editor's and professor's chair, plead at the bar of justice, walk the wards of the hospital, speak from the pulpit and the platform. Such is the type of womanhood that an enlightened public sentiment welcomes to-day, and such the triumph of the facts of life over the false theories of the past.

Is it, then, consistent to hold the developed woman of this day within the same narrow political limits as the dame with the spinning wheel and knitting needle occupied in the past? No, no! Machinery has taken the labors of woman as well as man on its tireless shoulders; the loom and the spinning wheel are but dreams of the past; the pen, the brush, the ease], the chisel, have taken their places, while the hopes and ambitions of women are essentially changed.

We see reason sufficient in the outer conditions of human beings for individual liberty and development, but when we consider the self-dependence of every human soul, we see the need of courage, judgment and the exercise of every faculty of mind and body, strengthened and developed by use, in woman as well as man...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, at her best, 1892

Greek Panzanella

Just another reason I'm glad to be alive. Yum!

To make this:

Recipe

Shogun- James Clavell

1152 pages, finally finished. It has taken me a daffy amount of time to complete this classic, my main problem being that I was able to put it down, especially while I was reading other books. I would say, however, that it was a very good work with much research and passion throughout. Toward the end, I felt much more of an inclination to its characters and plot, quite tempted to continue with the next books in the series (Tai-Pan, Gai-Jin, King Rat, Noble House, Whirlwind).

Magic: Majic

In a perfect hayley-world, these words would undergo a change in spelling.

Definitely: Definetely

Ginger: Jinger

Connection: Connexion (Br)

Separately: Seperately

Magic: Majic

Cemetery: Cemetary

Restaurant: Restarant

Cincinnati: Cincinatti

Guard: Gaurd

(to be continued)

Vanity

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief

Jane Austen, Emma

let's

History Person of the Day

Catharine Beecher

September 6, 1800- May 12, 1878

Many folks are not aware of this of this interesting lady, foremost because she has such famous family members (Harriet Beecher Stowe, sister, and father Lyman Beecher). But actually, Catharine was probably, in her years, just as famous if not more than her sister. Likened as the "Martha Stewart" of her day, Catharine wrote books on how to maintain the household. However, that was not Catharine's main passion, instead, she was a pioneering advocate of education for women, especially young girls. She saw education as the pathway for young girls to become productive wives and mothers. Catharine opened numerous schools for girls, and promoted education ranging from calisthenics to math. Catharine insisted that society was underestimating the potential of women as the most apt, because of their femininity, to be teachers (It should be remembered that most educators at this point in time were men). Interestingly, Catharine was vehemently against woman suffrage, never had children, and never married.

Cheers, Ms. Beecher