[Winedale-l] Re: Bertrand Russell on how to be happy (and also Shakespeare)

2024-05-31 Thread Leigh Hopper
Heart emoji Leigh -- Leigh Hopper Senior Communications Specialist University of Southern California Cell: 310-308-0405 From: shakespeare-at-winedale-email-l...@googlegroups.com on behalf of Kirsten Kern Date: Friday, May 31, 2024 at 8:02 AM To: Shakespeare Winedale Winedale Cc: Shakespear

[Winedale-l] Re: Bertrand Russell on how to be happy (and also Shakespeare)

2024-05-31 Thread Kirsten Kern
Thank you Mike. I feel that the combination of the embodiment of Shakespeare’s language, the nourishing earth one experiences on the grounds of Winedale, and the joyous dirt of the barn is what makes Shakespeare at Winedale and Camp Shakespeare s very, very much the “union of life with Eart

[Winedale-l] Re: Bertrand Russell on how to be happy (and also Shakespeare)

2024-05-31 Thread David Sharpe
A favorite line of mine from "As You Like It." Poetically expressed -- and profound too. On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 8:47 AM Mike Godwin wrote: > Thanks, David. And you just reminded me of this: > > "And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, > books in the running brooks

[Winedale-l] Re: Bertrand Russell on how to be happy (and also Shakespeare)

2024-05-31 Thread tlgallo...@aol.com
Yes! That's the best, Mike.  Shakespeare always wins in the battle of wit and words.   love youTerry On Friday, May 31, 2024 at 09:47:49 AM EDT, Mike Godwin wrote: Thanks, David. And you just reminded me of this: "And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, boo

[Winedale-l] Re: Bertrand Russell on how to be happy (and also Shakespeare)

2024-05-31 Thread Mike Godwin
Thanks, David. And you just reminded me of this: "And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything." Mike On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 8:31 AM David Sharpe wrote: > For me, the most provocative and takeaway

[Winedale-l] Re: Bertrand Russell on how to be happy (and also Shakespeare)

2024-05-31 Thread David Sharpe
For me, the most provocative and takeaway line of B. Russell's passage was "The organic need {union with the life on earth} that was being satisfied is so profound that those in whom it is starved are seldom completely sane." To be surrounded by nature and out in the country are important keys to