Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Line(s)

                 

By the woman’s means?

-Escalus

Measure For Measure          Act II, Scene i, Line 82

Well there’s a bit of nonsense going on here. Escalus, the second-in-command to Angelo, the guy in charge, is questioning Constable Elbow. It looks like Elbow is quite the comic character, which I suppose you would guess with the name Elbow. They’re discussing a fellow that Elbow has brought in, but somehow the talk has turned to Elbow’s wife. Elbow has just said something about his wife being at a bordello, and I believe that’s what Escalus is questioning. Was she there by her own means?

Ooooof, lotta context there. Not sure it was worth it. In fact, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t.

Now there’s a river birch in our front yard that is definitely not there by its own means. We bought it and put it there. It looks nice in the early morning when the sunlight outlines the branches, but it’s a little bit of an odd tree. It’s a dozen or so stems growing out of the ground, the thickest of which is about the size of a baseball bat. And growing may not be the right word in that it’s not much bigger now than when we planted it there ten years ago.

What’s all that got to do with today’s line? Absolutely nothing. But that’s where my thoughts are drifting to this morning. Perhaps it’s time to put down the keyboard. 

Here's the river birch. You can't really appreciate the morning sun on it from this pic, but it's there. 

You see, there are occasional mornings when I just don't feel like doing much with the Totally Random Line of the day. Oh well. Better luck tomorrow.