The Crow Witch (moved)Jan 29, 2020
So there were no complications and my sister's home now and resting. We won't know whether it worked yet for a little while, which sucks, but we're still hopeful. Success will look like reduction of a few points on the pain scale for her, which would be *huge*. She's been fairly positive.
Show threadThe Crow Witch (moved)Jan 29, 2020

Joh kept my sister's partner (our friend) busy by dragging him around London to free locations and keeping up a constant stream of historical trivia. They had quite a good day together in the end, which is good because he was going to have a difficult time of it on his own.

Although my sister and I are both outraged that they visited a crypt without us. Angelica loves dead things and I have been steeling myself to visit dead places more recent than neolithic for research purposes.

Show threadI'm the curious cow!

@vicorva Oooh, the mention of dead places reminded me of a church I visited in Rome more than a decade ago. The walls and roof was decorated with human bones, it was both quite grotesque and beautiful.

A quick search leads me to believe it was this church:

CW: link contains images of _a lot_ of human bones and skulls used for decoration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_della_Concezione_dei_Cappuccini

Jan 29, 2020 at 1:21pmWeb
Show threadThe Crow Witch (moved)Jan 29, 2020

@zatnosk :O I must go there.

I would probably be FREAKED OUT but also that seems like exactly the kind of place I want to visit for story research!

Thanks for the link. ^_^

Show threadLyn Who Was Always a Thorn AlderJan 29, 2020
@zatnosk @vicorva ...

I may need to add this along with the Polish salt cathedral to my Want To Visit list.

now, I just need, you know, money for airfare.
Show threadI'm the curious cow!Jan 29, 2020
@aldersprig @vicorva just buy a single airplane ticket and stay in europe! :D
Show threadThe Crow Witch (moved)Jan 29, 2020

@zatnosk @aldersprig I'm *in* Europe and can't afford to go to any catacombs. Maybe someday!

(although I am all for Lyn doing this. Lyn, if you're ever in the UK, I will take you to all the very old places. ^_^)

Show threadLyn Who Was Always a Thorn AlderJan 29, 2020
@vicorva @zatnosk I will keep this in mind! Some day I would like to go to the UK.
Show threadThe Crow Witch (moved)Jan 29, 2020
@aldersprig @zatnosk it's not very exciting, IMO, but Americans find it charming how small and meandering our roads are and we have some castles and tombs and hillforts and exciting rocks. ^_^
Show threadLyn Who Was Always a Thorn AlderJan 29, 2020
@vicorva @zatnosk Well, castles, yeah!!
Show threadLyn Who Was Always a Thorn AlderJan 29, 2020
@zatnosk @vicorva Um.

But my CATS!

:catocracy::catocracy:
Show threadThe Crow Witch (moved)Jan 29, 2020
@aldersprig @zatnosk get them plane tickets too. :D