Flights of Angels

June 2021: impressive weather, Georgian Bay

I assume the Queen's death means something to me. Like increasingly few people these days, she was around long before I was born. Her picture's on the money. Her offspring often cause a stir.

I watched King Charles's speech on YouTube. In the comments people noted the beauty of his last words, "And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."

Not a single one seemed to know Horatio speaks these words to Hamlet's still warm corpse in the blood-soaked final scene of Shakespeare's best-known play.

Which means to me that the power of Shakespeare's words has outlasted his fame. 

That's a trick few achieve. Her late Majesty was known more for her works than her words, but most of all known for her determined constancy, her dedication to her role. Even without paying much attention, or caring one way or the other, I understood that.

Seventy years of consistent effort is worthy of respect, and some sadness now that it's done.

Thanks for reading.

Karen

We're headed back to Georgian Bay this week.
We will be keeping an eye out for bears.