Since I started learning how to cook food, I began to love fresh food from the garden. But not as ecstatic as my wife. Now having lived in the suburbs and away from the city’s limited garden space, our greenthumb(ish) beings (sort of) kicked-in just a small off-kilter move to inject freshness back into our lives.

Now having our own backyard and a whole lot of space for fruit trees and a flower garden to match it with, my wifey had idyllic visions of growing our own crops having green leafy harvest and a limitless supply of red juicy deliciousness. My wifey loved to grow tomatoes, bell peppers, papaya and mangosteen. Continue reading

Brutus and Cassius are discussing the final phase of their civil war with the forces of Octavius (Octavian) and Anthony (Marcus Antonius). Cassius has been urging that they group their forces at Sardis and take advantage of the secure location to catch their breath. Brutus, however, advocates heading off the enemy at Philippi before Octavius can recruit more men. Brutus’s main point is that, since “the enemy increaseth every day” and “We, at the height, are ready to decline” (lines 216–217), he and Cassius must act now while the ratio of forces is most advantageous. “There’s a tide in the affairs of men,” he insists; that is, power is a force that ebbs and flows in time, and one must “go with the flow.” Waiting around only allows your power to pass its crest and begin to ebb; if the opportunity is “omitted” (missed), you’ll find yourself stranded in miserable shallows.

Brutus:
Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218–224