Her lying tongue was in two parts divided, / And both the parts did speake, and both contended; / And as her tongue so was her hart discided, That never thought one thing, but doubly stil was guided.
I named him Lawrence. After my father. Pete, that's my husband, he never really liked the name Lawrence. He thought it wasn't very... she shut her eyes for a moment, shaking her head slowly, ...very masculine. She opened her eyes and smiled ruefully. That's a good one, isn't it?
Mistletoe is an evergreen perennial shrub that has female plants that produce white berries. These white berries are a favorite food of birds who help to reseed the sticky seeds that adhere to tree branches.
The summerless year 1927 is brought in as an example of their unutterable folly: that year was as summerful as any other year!
