A Snippet Story for International Wennen’s Day
A Snippet Story for International Wennen’s Day of a feisty femele who quickly puts a misogynist in his place! Reblog from GFJ March 2021. Continue reading A Snippet Story for International Wennen’s Day
Revisiting Justicean New Year Customs in 2023
Revisiting how the Justicean New Year’s Toasting Song and First Footing Custom honor the dignity of all people through the Gifts of the Three Gexes. Continue reading Revisiting Justicean New Year Customs in 2023
When the Eagle Flies Backwards (A Poem of Despair and Hope for America)
A Poem of Despair and Hope for the United States of America Continue reading When the Eagle Flies Backwards (A Poem of Despair and Hope for America)
Voices from Troy Monologue 11B: The Luxury of Tears! (Agamemnon)
After Hecuba makes a tearful plea for him to grant Cassandra a reprieve from his attentions, Agamemnon comes to emotional terms with what the cost of going to war with Troy has done to his own daughter, to Hecuba’s daughter, and to himself. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 11B: The Luxury of Tears! (Agamemnon)
Voices from Troy Monologue 10B: You Have Daughters, Agamemnon (Hecuba)
Just hours before having to reveal whether she will make one last stand against the Greek Army, Hecuba must process Agamemnon’s own revelation of how he plans to leave her as Troy’s sole survivor. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 10B: You Have Daughters, Agamemnon (Hecuba)
Voices from Troy Monologue 9B: No One Can Say We Did Not Live! (Chorus of Trojan Wennen with Hecuba)
Only a few hours before Hecuba must decide whether to surrender to the Greeks or make one desperate last stand against them, a Chorus of Trojan Wennen gather and recount the night of the Trojan Horse. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 9B: No One Can Say We Did Not Live! (Chorus of Trojan Wennen with Hecuba)
Voices from Troy Monologue 8B: Grief Must Find Expression (Hecuba)
Thinking that Andromache’s current silence is a continuing reaction to the death of her beloved Hector in battle, Hecuba encourages her daughter-in-law to express grief openly, unaware that this stoicism masks a more immediate loss. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 8B: Grief Must Find Expression (Hecuba)
Voices from Troy Monologue 7B: The Manipulator (Helen)
After being derided by Hecuba for attempting to cast herself as Paris’ unwilling captive, Helen decides to embrace the role her contemporaries have agreed upon for her — Manipulator of Men. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 7B: The Manipulator (Helen)
Voices from Troy Monologue 6B: The Captive (Helen)
Alone in Troy after the death of her lover, Paris, Helen casts herself as his unwilling captive in an attempt to curb the hostility of Hecuba and the remaining Trojan Wennen. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 6B: The Captive (Helen)
Voices from Troy Monologue 5B: Salt Tears Are Sweet Good-bye (Hecuba)
Before the Trojan Wennen, Hecuba, Queen of Troy, grieves over the body of her great friend, Danisma, who has committed suicide after being violated by a Greek soldier. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 5B: Salt Tears Are Sweet Good-bye (Hecuba)
Greetings from Justicea 