Thursday, March 15, 2018
Recuperation journey: Ides of March
This time of year I think a lot about my late father. He passed away on March 11, 1976.
Born in 1910, he graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven in 1928.
He was a Latin scholar in his youth back when the dead language was probably a required course in every high school! Just a guess.
I try but it's not easy to imagine what life was like back in the 1920s. So long ago!
My father also was well versed in Shakespeare (see what I did there?) and one of his favorite expressions was "Beware the Ides of March," a quote from Shakespeare's tragedy,"Julius Caesar."
The famous term came to mean an unlucky day because the story is that a soothsayer warned Caesar to beware the Ides of March, the 15th of the month, in 44 B.C.
Caesar was stabbed to death 23 times by his friend, Brutus, and others on that very day.
Ironically my father was buried on March 15, the Ides of March.
Naturally that fact stuck with me all these years.
And each March 11 and March 15 I pause to remember my dad.
Born in 1910, he graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven in 1928.
He was a Latin scholar in his youth back when the dead language was probably a required course in every high school! Just a guess.
I try but it's not easy to imagine what life was like back in the 1920s. So long ago!
My father also was well versed in Shakespeare (see what I did there?) and one of his favorite expressions was "Beware the Ides of March," a quote from Shakespeare's tragedy,"Julius Caesar."
The famous term came to mean an unlucky day because the story is that a soothsayer warned Caesar to beware the Ides of March, the 15th of the month, in 44 B.C.
Caesar was stabbed to death 23 times by his friend, Brutus, and others on that very day.
Ironically my father was buried on March 15, the Ides of March.
Naturally that fact stuck with me all these years.
And each March 11 and March 15 I pause to remember my dad.
Riverfront Music Revival posts lineup for fest at Veterans Park in Shelton
*Information shared from Facebook.
Derby Public Library slates spring vacation fun for kids
DERBY - Derby Public Library has scheduled children's activities for April vacation.
April 16 - 10 a.m. – Musical Monday:
April 16 - 10 a.m. – Musical Monday:
Children ages 2-7 are invited to Turn It Up music and movement.
April 18 -10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Mystic Aquarium visits the library presenting their Touch Tank program. Everyone will have an opportunity to get up close with live creatures who call the ocean and shoreline their home.
There will also be an ocean-themed story and craft.
The event is geared for families with children ages 3-11, but younger siblings are invited.
The event is geared for families with children ages 3-11, but younger siblings are invited.
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April 19 - 10 a.m. - noon - Drop-In Crafty Kids will be held for ages 4-11. Think spring and put those creative talents to work completing a variety of art and craft projects.
April 20 - 10 a.m. – The SHAPELS are coming! Local author Evie North shares her latest SHAPELS adventure story.
The program is geared for preschoolers, but siblings younger and older are welcome to attend.
Registration is requested.
The program is geared for preschoolers, but siblings younger and older are welcome to attend.
Registration is requested.
Ongoing weekly story times for children six months through six years old will also be offered during school vacation week.
Registration is requested. Call 203-736-1482.
The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St.
The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St.
Derby mayor, Archie Moore's donate $1,500 to Center for Cancer Care
DERBY - Mayor Richard Dziekan and Eric Heinig, manager of Archie Moore's in Derby, recently presented Griffin Hospital CEO and President Patrick Charmel with a $1,500 donation for The Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital.
The funds were raised at a charity event where Mayor Dziekan tended bar at Archie Moore's and 25 percent of the profits went to the Center.
About The Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital
Located at 350 Seymour Ave. The Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital and adjoining Hewitt Pavilion provide a comprehensive and comforting blend of science and sensitivity.
The facility offers patients exceptional cancer care close to home, as well as a wide range of person-centered outpatient services.
Griffin Hospital’s highly-trained surgeons and staff, along with medical and radiation oncologists from Smilow Cancer Hospital, combine to form a care team that offers a multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment, including radiation therapy, in an outpatient setting requiring no overnight stay.
In addition to a primary treatment approach, the Center offers additional therapies or services to support treatments or to help cope with side effects, including nutritional consultation, patient support groups, massage, naturopathy or homeopathic prescriptions, and yoga or relaxation therapy.
For more information, call 203-732-1260 or visit griffinhealth.org/cancercenter.
This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.
Shelton Historical Society book club to discuss 'Midnight in Siberia'
Update from Shelton Historical Society executive director Tracey Tate:
"Due to this week's storm, we will discuss Midnight in Siberia by David Greene in April because the March meeting was cancelled."
Earlier post:
SHELTON - Books about Eleanor Roosevelt will be discussed at the April 10 meeting of the Shelton Historical Society's Reading Circle.
The Reading Circle meets the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Huntington Branch Library, 41 Church St.
Participants may read any book about Roosevelt of their choosing for the discussion.
The group meeting is free and open to the public. In general, the books read and discussed have a historical theme.
Copies of the books can be obtained at the Huntington Branch Library by calling 203-926-0111 and placing a reserve.
For more information call Ellen Kolesk at the Shelton History Center, 203-925-1803.
This information is shared from the Shelton Historical Society's newsletter.
"Due to this week's storm, we will discuss Midnight in Siberia by David Greene in April because the March meeting was cancelled."
Earlier post:
SHELTON - Books about Eleanor Roosevelt will be discussed at the April 10 meeting of the Shelton Historical Society's Reading Circle.
The Reading Circle meets the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Huntington Branch Library, 41 Church St.
Participants may read any book about Roosevelt of their choosing for the discussion.
The group meeting is free and open to the public. In general, the books read and discussed have a historical theme.
Copies of the books can be obtained at the Huntington Branch Library by calling 203-926-0111 and placing a reserve.
For more information call Ellen Kolesk at the Shelton History Center, 203-925-1803.
This information is shared from the Shelton Historical Society's newsletter.