Cowards Die Many Times/ Williams Shakespeare

        Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear, Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.   From “Julius Caesar” by […]

Virginity/ Alice Munro

Virginity/ Alice Munro

      He did not want me to say anything. He took me to bed. Had this been in the cards all along, or was it as much of a surprise to him as it was to me? My state of virginity, at least, did not appear unexpected—he provided a towel, as well as […]