Mary Mexis Lumsden
@msmml.bsky.social
Reader, Ontario educator, always learning. Always promoting CanLit. BTVS forever.
ooooh, that's a door you just opened. I'm not going to go through it, tempting though it may be.
January 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
ooooh, that's a door you just opened. I'm not going to go through it, tempting though it may be.
Happy New Year, Jenny! 🎆🎆🍾 La lutte continue
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Happy New Year, Jenny! 🎆🎆🍾 La lutte continue
"It is an honour that I dream not of" (Romeo and Juliet). I usually say this when I am asked to do something that I don't want to do.
"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so" (Hamlet). I used this in response to someone saying that something was bad. Lively grade 10 debate.
"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so" (Hamlet). I used this in response to someone saying that something was bad. Lively grade 10 debate.
December 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"It is an honour that I dream not of" (Romeo and Juliet). I usually say this when I am asked to do something that I don't want to do.
"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so" (Hamlet). I used this in response to someone saying that something was bad. Lively grade 10 debate.
"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so" (Hamlet). I used this in response to someone saying that something was bad. Lively grade 10 debate.
why is he in captivity?
December 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
why is he in captivity?
I'm going to have to agree with you on King Lear. Followed by Othello and Hamlet. I can't say as I'm a fan of Macbeth.
December 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I'm going to have to agree with you on King Lear. Followed by Othello and Hamlet. I can't say as I'm a fan of Macbeth.
Simon's had Valentine's and Easter stuff on its website since December.
December 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Simon's had Valentine's and Easter stuff on its website since December.
And when he goes, they will be burned.
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
And when he goes, they will be burned.
Isn't there stuff already on the internet? Didn't Putin run the photos one time on the nightly news when Trump threatened him?
December 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Isn't there stuff already on the internet? Didn't Putin run the photos one time on the nightly news when Trump threatened him?
They are certainly there to keep the "groundlings" happy, but I also think they are there to spur some action. In Hamlet, the ghost spurs him to seek revenge. In Macbeth, it spurs Macbeth's conscience to some kind of action. Sorry, I haven't read Macbeth in a long time.
December 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
They are certainly there to keep the "groundlings" happy, but I also think they are there to spur some action. In Hamlet, the ghost spurs him to seek revenge. In Macbeth, it spurs Macbeth's conscience to some kind of action. Sorry, I haven't read Macbeth in a long time.
But it's our 2 month summer break that's the problem.
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
But it's our 2 month summer break that's the problem.
Scottish kings were often elected. they didn't necessarily inherit by birthright. This breaking of the chain of being is more English than Scottish.
I think it has to be done in the dark because, to me anyway, the biggest crime is that he killed a guest - who happened to be a king.
I think it has to be done in the dark because, to me anyway, the biggest crime is that he killed a guest - who happened to be a king.
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Scottish kings were often elected. they didn't necessarily inherit by birthright. This breaking of the chain of being is more English than Scottish.
I think it has to be done in the dark because, to me anyway, the biggest crime is that he killed a guest - who happened to be a king.
I think it has to be done in the dark because, to me anyway, the biggest crime is that he killed a guest - who happened to be a king.
In a practical sense, killing Duncan offstage would/could also have been done to not ruffle the feathers of Royalty watching the play.
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In a practical sense, killing Duncan offstage would/could also have been done to not ruffle the feathers of Royalty watching the play.
The Algoma people need to apply for skills development training.
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Algoma people need to apply for skills development training.
I need ear bleach. And they both look so happy to be there!!
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I need ear bleach. And they both look so happy to be there!!
reminds me of Hamlet's ghost. Do we choose to believe what we cannot or do not want to comprehend? It also leads the viewer to "plotting" - obviously they are up to something and will meet again. All the times mentioned for meeting would keep others away and are omens/ominous.
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
reminds me of Hamlet's ghost. Do we choose to believe what we cannot or do not want to comprehend? It also leads the viewer to "plotting" - obviously they are up to something and will meet again. All the times mentioned for meeting would keep others away and are omens/ominous.
The dentist office website has been updated. Don't see that on their website unless it's somewhere else.
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The dentist office website has been updated. Don't see that on their website unless it's somewhere else.
That's a kind of pipeline, isn't it?
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
That's a kind of pipeline, isn't it?
I can't. I don't want to get verklempt!
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I can't. I don't want to get verklempt!
No moment of any play in particular. I always started Shakespeare by filing the board with old slang terms and asked them which ones they knew. Then I told them to get over the language. Always started Lear with "The girl who loved her father like salt" or similar: sites.pitt.edu/~dash/salt.h...
Love Like Salt
sites.pitt.edu
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
No moment of any play in particular. I always started Shakespeare by filing the board with old slang terms and asked them which ones they knew. Then I told them to get over the language. Always started Lear with "The girl who loved her father like salt" or similar: sites.pitt.edu/~dash/salt.h...
"It is an honour that I dream no of" from R and J. Usually when I'm asked to do something that I don't want to do. Many from Lear (They shall be the terrors of the earth, for example)
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"It is an honour that I dream no of" from R and J. Usually when I'm asked to do something that I don't want to do. Many from Lear (They shall be the terrors of the earth, for example)
Au revoir les enfants
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXWQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXWQ...
Au revoir les enfants - Bande annonce
YouTube video by Gaumont
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November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Au revoir les enfants
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXWQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXWQ...
If you figure out the middle part, can you let me know how? Brought one class of marking home.... didn't do it. Not going to do it. Spent time with my mom and took my daughter shoe shopping.
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
If you figure out the middle part, can you let me know how? Brought one class of marking home.... didn't do it. Not going to do it. Spent time with my mom and took my daughter shoe shopping.
what are ohtani breaks? I'd like to take some too. 'splainy please.
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
what are ohtani breaks? I'd like to take some too. 'splainy please.