Sharon Moore: ""O to be a frog, my lads, and live aloof from care." -Theocritus. It was not explicitly stated, but it is nonetheless indubitable probability that when Theocritus penned these immortal lines back in the third century B.C. what he had in mind was that, frogs never yet having been known to engage in collegiate pursuits, much less, to embark upon research papers, they must therefore, lead lives of singular beauty. It was Plutarch who had to be a spoilsport in A.D. 100 and point out that: "Though the boys throw stones at frogs in sport, yet the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest." Way to rain on my parade, Plutarch. Don't y'all think that I would have made a lovely frog?"
Abigail Joy Williamson: "Yes, yes you would. (:"
Sharon Moore: "Thank you, Abby. Your confidence and encouragement are heartwarming. Actually though, considering my difficulties with concentration, I may resemble something lower on the food chain than the frog. The phrase "Attention span of a gnat" comes to mind- but when it comes to MY mind, it is displaced almost immediately by the sight of the books on my desk, or a pencil on the floor, or even the soft, relentless sound of falling snow. Sigh."
Karen Emerson: "Except if you are a frog in Fellsmere Florida and about to enter the annual frog leg eating contest . . ."
Sharon Moore: "Well, yes, it is times like those which try the souls of frogs! :-)"
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