Everyone is no doubt waiting breathlessly for Harmony soccer news; and yes, it's true: they have won their third game, a 5-4 squeaker over the always-challenging Highview Christian Knights.

My head cold is abating, so I have felt competent enough to start a new Roman-literature reading project . . . in translation, however, as my Latin skills have rotted away. "Nauta navigat" is about all I can remember. But it is a fine sturdy sentence and I'm sure will be useful to me someday.

I have just heard from a teacher who is teaching Macbeth and Ethan Frome concurrently. I think that is very brave. Imagine the melodramatic emanations. It must be like a room full of glue fumes. (And now I find myself picturing Lady Macbeth on a sled. . . . )