Entries for week of March 16-22

Entry 1

Excerpt from Reluctance by Robert Frost

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?

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Entry 2

"Beware the ides of March."

Julius Caesar – Act I, Scene II, Line 17
William Shakespeare

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Entry 3

God's Wheel by Shel Silverstein

GOD says to me with a kind
of smile, "Hey how would you like
to be God awhile And steer the world?"
"Okay," says I, "I'll give it a try.

Where do I set?
How much do I get?
What time is lunch?
When can I quit?"

"Gimme back that wheel," says GOD.
"I don't think you're quite ready YET."

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Entry 4

Lucretius (c.99-c.55 BCE) "The way things are"

Never suppose the atoms had a plan,
Not with wise intelligence imposed
An order on themselves, nor in some pact
Agreed what movements each should generate.
No, it was all fortuitous...