Amazingly, we got along decades ago without knowing one another's cell phone
numbers, or even having cell phones (or even having phones!). These days,
most of us have phone numbers (mobile or otherwise) that are our primary
voice contact information. Mine's 415-793-4446. Give me yours (send to
mnemonic(a)gmail.com), and I'll post a phone number list to our mailing list
for all to share.
--Mike
Hey mateys
Terry here. My iPhone acting up. Sending from Donna's. I am A Ok
getting out of Shands this afternoon huge bandage on head. Will be
docile pirate & just mutter Arrrragh while rocking in chair
I love you guys. Can't wait for all of us to play together. Yipppee!
Wish to do opening tempest with lots and lots of water. Or have we
already done that?
Love Terry the pirate
Sent from my iPhone
Do iPhones work adequately at Winedale? I ask because I'm thinking of
taking a 3G-equipped iPad with me when I go, and I'd kind of like to know in
advance how well it might work.
--Mike
Terry had a nuclear stress today (large camera rotates around her and
captures images of blood flow) and something called echo test.
Doctors haven't reviewed test results, so she's in Shands overnight
again.
Her spirits were good this afternoon, her head is hurting now cause
last morphine shot hasn't yet kicked in.
Bruce, thanks for your clarification this morning. Much appreciated.
Donna
Sent from my iPhone
He who seeks and serves for form will pack when it begins to rain and leave thee in the storm but I will tarry, the Fool will stay and let the wiseman fly. The nave turns fool that runs away, the fool no nave per dei
This is a test......
Just in case anyone was wondering why I prefer one translation of the Borges
story over another, even though Borges is commonly thought to be so clear in
his prose as to be "transparent" in translation:
Here's some text for comparison. To get a feel for the differences,
it helps to read these two translations out loud.
Everything and Nothing
By Jorge Luis Borges
James E. Irby (in LABYRINTHS):
There was no one in him; behind his face (which even through the bad
paintings of those times resembles no other) and his words, which were
copious, fantastic and stormy, there was only a bit of coldness, a dream
dreamt by no one. At first he thought that all people were like him, but
the astonishment of a friend to whom he had begun to speak of this
emptiness showed him his error and made him feel always that an
individual should not differ in outward appearance. Once he thought that
in books he would find a cure for his ill and thus he learned the small
Latin and less Greek a contemporary would speak of; later he considered
that what he sought might well be found in an elemental rite of humanity,
and let himself be initiated by Anne Hathaway one long June afternoon....
Anthony Kerrigan (in A PERSONAL ANTHOLOGY):
There was no one in him; behind his face (even the poor paintings of the
epoch show it to be unlike any other) and his words (which were
copious, fantastic and agitated) there was only a bit of cold, a dream
not dreamed by anyone. At first he thought that everyone was like him. But
the dismay shown by a comrade to whom he mentioned this vacuity revealed
his error to him and made him realize forever that an individual should not
differ from the species. At one time it occurred to him that he might find
a remedy for his difficulty in books, and so he learned the "small
Latin and less Greek" of which a contemporary spoke. Later, he considered
he might find what he sought in carrying out one of the elemental rites
of humanity, and so he let himself be initiated by Anne Hathaway one long
afternoon in June....
--m
Doc and winedale folks,
Just a quick update from terry's partner, Donna.
Terry went into surgery today around two pm. At about 4:30 her
surgeon called to tell me she was fine, but surgery wasn't as routine
as usual. He said her "brain was hanging low" which seemed to suggest
it was harder for him to work.
I went to her recovery room around six pm. She was in that room for
another five hours. Appears that also in surgery she had something
called "left branch bundle" (something awry with heart, ventricles not
operating fully, can't be more specific cause I haven't googled it. )
So from about six pm until almost eleven they were monitoring her.
Did two EKGs, etc. Lots more pain medication as well. Cardiologist
also weighed in.
Her ENT surgeon stopped by. Told her that the cochlear implant
surgery was fine. ENT surgeon wryly complained she had "too much
brain." He implied that the "EKG" people were being overly cautious .
Nonetheless, the medical decision was for her to stay overnight.
Terry was half awake, half asleep when I was there this evening. When
she did semi-realize what was happening, she said first, "I'm a little
disappointed in my heart.". But later she decided, "maybe my heart was
just a little scared."
Hoping/assuming she will be released tomorrow.
But I wanted all to know, there was just a little more "drama" today
then we expected.
Terry's head and left ear are wrapped in huge white bandage. She
loves the "look" because Mickee Faust has a pirate themed fundraising
party this weekend, so she already has a headstart on her costume.
All my love from Florida.
Donna
Sent from my iPhone
The following plays or other works have been mentioned as sources for
Reunion scenes:
2 Gents (pirates)
Comedy of Errors (knocking at the gate, Dr. Pinch)
Taming (servants at Petruchio's return)
Much Ado (Dogberry and the great chase, Kill Claudio (done in 2005))
LLL (play with the play)
AYL (Ducdame)
MND (Blame Clayton! Bottom's Dream)
Cymbeline (Iachino in the trunk, funeral song)
Winter's Tale (Paulina shows Leontes his infant child, dance of the 12
satyrs, final scene)
Lear (Lear-Cordelia reconciliation)
Pericles (final scene)
"Brats of Clarence" by Paul Menzer
Hamlet (advice to the players, grave diggers)
Sonnet 30 (remembrance of things past)
Henry V (muse of fire)
3 Henry VI (Duke of York: "o tiger's heart….)
Othello (how 2 win Desdemona)
Sonnets 40, 116, 130, 138, 142 or others
Antony and Cleopatra -- news that Antony has married Octavia, also: II.vii.
song-and-dance
Measure for Measure -- Angelo wants only one thing: Isabella's virginity.
Macbeth: porter's scene, weird sisters.
Tempest: drunks. epilogue.
12th Night: drunks (done in 2005)
HVIII: Wolsey and Catherine. Epilogue.
"Everything and Nothing" -- Borges (Mike says Irby translation is better
than Kerrigan!)
"Little Gidding" -- Eliot
Falstaff scenes (1 and 2 Henry IV, Merry Wives, "Chimes at Midnight")
"Kiss Me Kate" -- "Brush Up Your Shakespeare"
R&J (Nurse scenes)
I hope everyone sends a note to Terry. This is a special moment for
her, and indeed for all of us, for we will be among the first to help
her through her new life. And please join me in heaping praise on St
Michael for all of the wonderful things he has done and continues to do.
Cheers,
Doc