tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18722485.post8553380722515814383..comments2023-07-14T12:51:43.066-04:00Comments on Pull of the Tides: Of Fireflies and FreedomAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656793660129979011noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18722485.post-11977560812390217802009-08-12T19:35:45.561-04:002009-08-12T19:35:45.561-04:00My friend Jack graciously allows me to quote his e...My friend Jack graciously allows me to quote his email here:<br /> "Delightful, as usual! Coincidentally, we saw a fine production this summer of A Midsummer Night's Dream (plus one of Twelfth Night and two of Comedy of Errors). We're also in a group that's reading Antony and Cleopatra together. Outdoor theater, particularly Shakespeare, and music are some of my best and strongest Summer memories - I grew up with the Goldman Band in Central Park.<br /> As a nature lover, are you familiar with the writings of Edwin Waye Teale? His best known work is the American Seasons series: <i>North with the Spring,</i> <i>Journey Into Summer,</i> <i>Autumn Across America,</i> and <i>Wandering Through Winter.</i> Also, considering where you live, you would enjoy Louis Halle's <i>Spring in Washington.</i> Also, are you familiar with the poetry of Sidney Lanier, particularly "Song of the Chattahoochee" and "Marshes of Glynn?" <br />Jack<br /><i>How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!<br />Here will we sit and let the sounds of music<br />Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night<br />Become the touches of sweet harmony.</i><br /><br />-Merchant of Venice Act 5, Scene 1"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05656793660129979011noreply@blogger.com