Mirrors and Truth

According to The Oxford History of Literary Translation In English: To 1550 by Roger Ellis "A Glasse Of The Truth, published three times between 1530 and 1532, and possibly written by Henry VIII, was translated into Latin (by Nicholas Hawkins) and French ( by John Psalgrave) in 1532." [pg 108] Henry was pretty hot to get out his opinion on the world at the time, in particular his thoughts on his on-going fight with the Catholic Church in general, and the Pope in particular. He was upset because he figured that he was a big boy and nobody should be able to tell him who he was going to be married to, particularly not some guy all the way over in Rome.

Myself, I'm not really worried about the Pope. I do, however, need a place where I can develop (or possibly locate) my own literary style and give out my own opinions on the world at the time. So I've gone ahead and borrowed Henry's rather catchy title. If he objects, he's free to drop me an email and we'll talk about it.

One of the reasons I wanted to use the term "glasse" was that in earlier times a mirror wasn't a false reflection of the things around us(See Christine de Pisan's Book of The City of Ladies) Instead, it was an accurate way to look at things without all the clutter of daily life. Into the Looking Glass was the way to see reality instead of all the false faces around a person. Do I expect to be able to "hold up the mirror" and show everyone the truth? I can try. I sort of doubt it'll be much more then my own opinion on things but I'd like to hope that's fairly well-thought out.

Who am I? Now there's a loaded question. Depending on the context it's asked in I am a wife, mother, ex-wife, girlfriend, sister, daughter(in-law), student, teacher, maid, actor, cook, researcher, director, fighter, healer, chauffeur and general danger to others. Professionally, I am unemployed. Socially, I am over-committed. Spiritually, I may be a speed bump. Habitually, I am a writer.

I am afraid the topics in question will veer wildly. I expect random book reviews, occasional rants, theatre and dance kibitzing, costume malfunctions, and selections from cookbooks. There may be commentary on video games, teen-agers, potatoes, podcasting, and cats. There probably won't be very many pictures but who knows?

I'm curious to see what happens next.