Tag Archives: Shakespeare

That Day Again

It may be because I studied Latin in high school and read some of Julius Caesar’s works. Or maybe it was reading Shakespeare’s plays. Whichever, when March 15 comes around each year I take special care not to get stabbed. It was March 15, the “ides of March” that saw Julius Caesar assassinated by rival […]

Are Names Important?

We continue our series of old posts while I am traveling with some thoughts on children’s names first posted in 2015. William Shakespeare has many memorable, oft quoted lines, including the one about the rose. You know the one, from Romeo and Juliet, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The implication is […]

What’s In A Name?

William Shakespeare has many memorable, oft quoted lines, including the one about the rose. You know the one, from Romeo and Juliet, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The implication is that names are unimportant. I disagree. Names help define who we are and how we feel about ourselves. Parents spend […]