Lapham's Quarterly

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

"I had a vision of nursery maids;
Tens of thousands passed by me—
All leading children with wooden spades,
And this was by the sea.

Who invented those spades of wood?
Who was it cut them out of the tree?
None, I think, but an idiot could—
Or one that loved the sea..."

Much like Lewis Carroll (and unlike the unlucky lads in the photo), we spent our summer vacation far away from the beach: http://bit.ly/16TFyns