Well this one took me all day. Today I’m doing Shakespeare. My father loved to quote Shakespeare to my brother and me – mostly advice: “Never a lender nor a borrower be…” Polonius in Hamlet. Or an opinion: “How much sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.” Poor King Lear. Or an order: “Stand not upon the order of your going but go at once.” Lady Macbeth.

So when I designed my parents’ gravestone I put a quote from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night on it:

Many years ago I visited the Cloisters in New York. I loved the unicorn tapestries but what fascinated me most was a walnut shell with an exquisite tiny sculpture inside it. I’ve never forgotten it.

Awhile back I acquired a perfect walnut shell and I’ve been meaning to put something beautiful inside it. Well I still haven’t, but the shell reminded me of another Shakespeare quote. It is one that I don’t remember my father ever declaiming but it’s one of my favorites. So here it is in three photo montages. Oh, it’s from Hamlet.

Sweet dreams everyone!