& Juliet

I taught undergraduate and graduate courses to pre-teachers and experienced teachers at UWSP for 37 years.  It was a fun way to earn money and a way to spend my hours.  When I retired in 2005, I learned about the university's "learning in retirement " called the LIFE program.  LIFE stands for "Learning Is ForEver", which is a nice sentiment but it isn't true.  As I age, I find I forget more and more.  Still, the Life program has been a fun place for me to make presentations, to attend others' presentations and to take trips.

We recently signed up for a trip to Appleton to see the play "& Juliet".  Notes and web pages tell me that the play is an exploration of what might have happened had Juliet been inclined to live without Romeo, on her own.  Seems like a modern idea to me and I am interested in what the play shows.

I think it showed imagination and daring to name the play "& Juliet", to begin the title with an ampersand sign. 

I actually came into this life from the body of a woman, so I am told.  I am also told everyone else did, too.