Tag Archives: Shakespeare
Virginia is for Oyster Lovers
“Why then the world’s mine oyster, which I with sword will open.” Thus, Shakespeare gave us a new idiom in the Merry Wives of Windsor repeated ever since, and Oscar Wilde wielded it with customary wit: “The world was my … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Environment, Nature
Tagged Chesapeake Bay, Oscar Wilde, oyster, Shakespeare, VIMS, York River
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If Snow be Black
After last week’s monster storm that left Eastern USA snow white, the snowbanks slowly melted into pools and streams. But what if snow were black? The Bard liked nature the way he saw it, but he loved to mock our … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Nature
Tagged Candide, melting glacier, Shakespeare, snow
