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anotheranon) wrote2007-02-11 10:47 pm
anotheranon) wrote2007-02-11 10:47 pm
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quiet Sunday
Today I sewed and read.
No going and doing, no fiddly time-wasters. I think after feeling as harried as I have for the past couple of weeks, I needed this.
The book that I read for most of the weekend was Terry Jones' Who Murdered Chaucer?, and while it may never be proved whether Chaucer was murdered or not, I've certainly learned more about Henry IV's usurpation of Richard II and late 14th/early 15th century English history in general (particularly, just what lollardy was and why it was important).
As has been slowly drummed into my head on so many things, I'm reminded again: context is indeed everything. I just finished the chapter describing why so many of Chaucer's clerical characters in "The Canterbury Tales" (the Pardoner and Summoner contrasted with the Poor Parson and the Clerk) would have been so inflammatory to the corrupt Church leaders of the 15th century - if it had been explained like this in high school I might have read it more carefully!
(Yes, this is me historo-geeking. Might be boring to some, but I eat this stuff up :P)
The doublet buttonholes progressed with greater speed. Objectively speaking, they look terrible as I'm cutting them through several layers of ravely linen and cotton, but each looks better than the last, so that's something. The main concern is that they hold the front closed, and I've spaced them every 1" so no (practice) blade can get between them.
According to tracking, my smallsword is somewhere in California. Hopefully it will get here this week if the snow and ice headed my way aren't as heavy as predicted.
I've mostly caught up on email, or the reading of it, at least. Answering it.. well, that'd be aiming high :/
No going and doing, no fiddly time-wasters. I think after feeling as harried as I have for the past couple of weeks, I needed this.
The book that I read for most of the weekend was Terry Jones' Who Murdered Chaucer?, and while it may never be proved whether Chaucer was murdered or not, I've certainly learned more about Henry IV's usurpation of Richard II and late 14th/early 15th century English history in general (particularly, just what lollardy was and why it was important).
As has been slowly drummed into my head on so many things, I'm reminded again: context is indeed everything. I just finished the chapter describing why so many of Chaucer's clerical characters in "The Canterbury Tales" (the Pardoner and Summoner contrasted with the Poor Parson and the Clerk) would have been so inflammatory to the corrupt Church leaders of the 15th century - if it had been explained like this in high school I might have read it more carefully!
(Yes, this is me historo-geeking. Might be boring to some, but I eat this stuff up :P)
The doublet buttonholes progressed with greater speed. Objectively speaking, they look terrible as I'm cutting them through several layers of ravely linen and cotton, but each looks better than the last, so that's something. The main concern is that they hold the front closed, and I've spaced them every 1" so no (practice) blade can get between them.
According to tracking, my smallsword is somewhere in California. Hopefully it will get here this week if the snow and ice headed my way aren't as heavy as predicted.
I've mostly caught up on email, or the reading of it, at least. Answering it.. well, that'd be aiming high :/
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Who knows, maybe this'll be the thing that makes me decide to get that MFA.
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You've been Valentined!
Cuz Valentine's day isn't just for schmoopy couples you know. (Though being an enlightened V.F. I don't discriminate against schmoopy couples, or even non-schmoopy couples for that matter.)