Death Pays a Visit

Sunt Lacrimae Rerum

et mentem mortalia tangunt. It turns out that somebody I went to high school with committed suicide recently. He was a talented person, but his personal life was a mess. I learned about this via a private source, and there is apparently no public information about it, so I can’t go into any details. I [...]

Ashes to Ashes, Feathers to Mess

Gilbert Thought He Heard a Sound in the Distance But Desperately Hoped He Was Wrong

Horace, Odes 1.1 (after a fashion)

Maecenas, born of ancestor kings, both my protection and sweet adornment, there are those that are pleased on the course to have gathered Olympic dust and by the turning point narrowly missed with blazing wheels and by the noble palm that raises them as lord of the earth to the gods; this one’s pleased if [...]

Turning Toward Eternity

Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility – We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess [...]

God Almighty, That Tastes Terrible!

The Sweet Taste of Victory

Deliver Us from the Shadow of Death

Beware the Tread of the Angel of Death