"The truest poetry is the most feigning..." (AYLI)

When Rho and I went to the movie at the clubhouse the other night, several people who were formerly in my "Fun With Shakespeare" class asked if I were going to do another in January. Actually, I haven't decided one way or the other. It does take a lot of energy to teach Shakespeare and keep the class from falling asleep. At any rate, (it seems I use that expression a lot), they are my "fans" . I get many more women than men to register for the class; it seems perhaps that many women never had a chance to go to college, and thus missed opportunities for learning that they just now have discovered, and I really hate to disappoint them. However, even if I don't teach a class, residents will have an opportunity on January 11 to attend my presentation in the clubhouse library--a program which I was invited to do by our resident chief librarian. The title of the program is "THE POWER & PASSION OF POETRY & A POTPOURRI of ME". There's purposely a lot of "pee-ing" there, if you've been paying attention. And probably the following blurb will appear in the next issue of our Hunting Lakes newsletter--

"Through reading and discussion of excerpts from some of the classic works of poetry as well as a selection of poems from his newly published books, ADDENDA and SHADOWS in the SUNSET, Dr. Norman Ross will attempt to show how to "reinvent" yourself through the magic, the mystery, and the dynamic of great poetry--and to convince you that poetry is all around you and plays a part in your life."

Last night we went to Thanksgiving dinner at Maggiano's which is an upscale Italian restaurant. I've had a wonderful evening, but that wasn't it. The food came at us in waves; two kinds of salad, bruschetta, turkey with traditional side dishes, stuffing, creamed corn, smashed sweet potatoes, ziti with sausage, rigatoni with chicken marsala, and I'm sure I left something out. There was enough food to feed a herd of buffalo. Then came dessert with profiteroles filled with vanilla ice cream and some kind of apple pastry. The food was very good but the bill for the two of us came to $100 and I figure I only ate about $5 worth.