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Ah. It's been a long time since I invigorated my constitution by sipping "the milk of human kindness" that is Shakespeare. I should do it more often, as it's been too many years since I read this story of treachery, deceit, and murder. I mean, you know you've got it good when the cast of characters includes three witches and three murderers.

Macbeth and his Lady? You know the types, looking like "innocent flowers" but acting like the "serpents under it." Yes, indeed, not only are there "daggers in men's smiles," but in women's too.

Reading it in January of 2021 was a bit of synchronicity as well. Consider our President (for T-minus 6 more days) and his allegiance to "fair is foul, and foul is fair." Were he intelligent enough, T**** might even be thinking at this very moment "to know my deed, ’twere best not know myself."

But me, I like the "out, out brief candle" soliloquy best of all: "Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

Hmn. William Faulkner's been here, even, panning for titles! Earlier in the play, I saw the words "A Heart So White," part of Javier Marías' haul. And I'm sure there are more.

Next refresher in the coming year: Hamlet on Rye.