I have experienced certain pleasures on Saturday mornings. I was an undergraduate at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. It was an all guys school then — good grief — and it was a six day a week school. When I was a junior I had Shakespeare at 10 on Saturday morning. What a pleasure. I would go to class and hear lectures from the great Willie Watt on Hamlet or Lear or Measure for Measure. After that, the weekend was usually a dud, but I had that.
Now, I have writing. I just finished a Sunday piece on the Warriors. I love waking up on a Saturday knowing I can write. It is a gift life gives me. If the Packers win later today, the PD will hold my Warriors piece and I will bang out something on the Niners-Packers matchup next Saturday. Lovely way to end a Saturday. Hope you enjoy your day.
Stan
And don’t you feel cheated that Laffy wasn’t a sports powerhouse?
I didn’t think so.
January 5th, 2013 10:12 am
CohnZohn
Laffy?
January 5th, 2013 10:24 am
Stan
Well,I’m using sports talk. Laffayette in sports speak is…
January 5th, 2013 10:30 am
Neal
I thought.the only thing or person in Easton was Larry Holmes.
January 5th, 2013 10:34 am
Frank in Minnesota
After reading your piece I sat down and started to think about some of my most pleasant of memories from my college years, and classes….one thing though, i will be rooting for the Vikes…but I am not holding my breath…
January 5th, 2013 10:57 am
Bob In Portland
College Shakespeare was a joy for me. It showed me that literature was three-dimensional, meaning within meaning, referencing this or that. Peeling the literal onion.
I finally gave away my copy of Shakespeare’s complete works because my vision is fading somewhat and the print was just too small, but I may peruse Amazon to see if there are larger print versions available for my purposes.
January 5th, 2013 12:16 pm
Peter
If the Packers win and the PD holds your Warriors piece will you still post it? A day or two later might change your intended content.
January 5th, 2013 12:57 pm
CohnZohn
Neal, Lafayette College predated Larry Holmes.
January 5th, 2013 3:07 pm
CohnZohn
Peter, They told me they would hold the Warriors piece. I just work there. Hope you had a good new year.
January 5th, 2013 3:08 pm
Neal
Our schools were similar, your school was all guys,and mine was 80% lesbian, hard to get lucky.
January 5th, 2013 6:47 pm