Saturday, February 21, 2026

Why beans are best avoided when pregnant


  If the mother eat much beans, or such vaporous food, it endangereth the child to become lunatick.
 
 -- Francis Bacon

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Happiness is supper by five


 

Let it be so hasted, that supper be ready at the farthest by five of the clock.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 2 Scene 2 

Sunday, February 1, 2026