high tide

Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man’s pleasure. ~ Robert Southwell A single breaker may recede; but the tide is coming in. ~ Thomas Babington Macaulay * I am hanging onto this moment with everything I have. I know it won’t last – this gilded unicorn – this moment … Continue reading »

the best seat in the house

* I love that scene in Goodfellas – the one when Henry and Karen have just started dating and he takes her to the Copacabana to see Henny Youngman. She follows his lead as they cut right through the line of mere mortals and head to an unmarked side door. They snake through the connecting … Continue reading »