i think i was so tired yesterday because i'm getting ill

[cornerofmadness]

I'm mildly feverish now. sigh. At least i got my case studies graded. I think the nurses had fun with those.

I went traveling in the rain killing time before going to pick up the cats. There will be lots of pictures. Oh this place is just so WEIRD. Truly.

However, as it turned out I didn't pick up the cats. She wanted to keep them. You know I would have appreciated being told this straight off (I think the vet was out at the farms and the staff tried to second guess her). So I won't know anything til tomorrow.

I'm regretting putting thyme in my blackberry puree for tonight's steak (I'm regretting the steak too since apparently anything non-mushy or carb related wants to digest). It would have made a great topping for that chocolate pasta i have. Hmmm I might siphon off a bit of the extra, sweeten it and see if the thyme really tastes off. whee kitchen alchemy.

speaking of alchemy, I'm reading a historical mystery by SJ Parris called Heresy and it's irritating me, in the right ways. It's well written but it's set in the late 1500's when the protestant and catholic hatred and torture were in full swing so it fires me up. Our hero is Giordana Bruno (he was a real man so I need to research on my own to see how much of this is true), a man with an interest in the writings of Hermes Trismegistus, one of the first alchemists and potentially the Eygptian god Thoth.

Anyhow, there is a great passage in it. He's trying to shield the rector of Oxford's daughter from a fresh murder. She replies 'How is it that men think women are too frail to look on blood? Do you forget we bleed every month? We push out babies in great pudles of gore, do you imagine we hide our eyes when we do that, in case if offends of delicate senses? I promise you, Doctor Bruno, any woman can look on blood with more fortitude than a soldier." I think I'm going to love this woman.





I think this general store was still working when I first moved here. what a shame. Notice it has almost the same design as the houses I've put up. gives us a pretty good idea when they all went up

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Awww, what a great storefront!

So, what IS wrong with the cats? Is it Kanda's thing?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it is. you can see the modern sign on it in relatively good condition so it's not been empty long.

not sure. i'm hoping just worms but it oculd be more serious

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I thought it looked in good shape.

Good luck to your boys.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah i'm damn sure that was in business just a year or two ago

thanks

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Mmm. That's a sad thing but too common.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

very much so especially in a rapidly dying town

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a frightening thought that we're going to see ghost towns in our lifetime - and possibly too many people for the land to support.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

technically already there for the latter

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

SIGH

[seatbeltdrivein.livejournal.com]

I hope the cats are okay. And you too! ):

But oh, I am looking forward to the pictures.

That books sounds promising, at least in terms of characterization. Have you caught a bunch of historical inaccuracies?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you

you will be aseeing them (not not sun blinded like this one)

so far, not so much but i dont' know this time period that well. there isn't that much of an attempt to put it into phraseology ala Shakespear and i'm rather glad of that

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

I've never forgotten what James Herriot, the vet, said about the kinds of people who were likely to pass out at the sight of blood. Big, strapping men, almost always. Women, never.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that has been my experience. i've far more guys faint on me when i gave them injections and never once a woman (though I have a few whiffy females on my flist)

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

Thinking good thoughts for you and the kitties!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you