"Getting Out:" True Freedom in The Great Escape (1963)
Hello, my dears! Happy spring, and happy Easter! I didn't mean to give up blogging for Lent; but March was busy, and Easter break was full, and, well, here we are. I keep saying "soon my schedule will change and then I will be free to do all the things (like blogging)--SOON I will be FREE of the constraints under which I currently live." That's the feeling at this time of year for a lot of people, I suppose. The school year is drawing to a close. Warm weather keeps coming around to tease us. Green grass and blue skies and running water all whisper, "Soon, soon, soon, you'll be out here with us for days at a time." Schoolchildren and college students and teachers hear the promise and pant for freedom. It's an exciting time of year, but it can also be frustrating; and also, it can be easy to fall into the trap of living in the future instead of the present. Right now with two months left in the schoolyear, I'm kind of in survival mode, existing ra