Loving this Women's History Advent Calendar: https://app.myadvent.net/calendar?id=f08e5tx2znxez1jvbrokg8grfwxfg054 - each day links to a fantastic online historical resource, well worth checking out
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Colin the Mathmo"The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them." -- Gene Roddenberry
Rhett RogersIts been over a month since I was let go and I still haven't found a lot of prospects for a new job. If you know anyone who is looking for an #iOS Developer for remote work I really could use the contact. Please boost.
MH ThaungThe customs inspector sneered. "You've kept me here since dawn, one excuse after another, but I'm happy to stay here all night."
"Alright." With a glance at the setting sun, the ship's captain unlocked the hatch he'd been protecting all day.
"See? It's easy when you cooperate." Lamp in hand, the inspector descended. His muffled voice came from the #hold. "What? These are only boxes of soil—"
"Feast well, Master," the captain whispered.
For more, here are a couple of useful posts on the subject:
https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/an-early-modern-color-guide/
https://costumehistorian.blogspot.com/2012/03/definitions-of-early-modern-colours.html
https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/an-early-modern-color-guide/
https://costumehistorian.blogspot.com/2012/03/definitions-of-early-modern-colours.html
An early modern color guide | Folger Shakespeare Library
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Murrey, turnsole, gooseturd, isabella: lately I’ve been obsessed with early modern English names for colours. This started with my confusion over a reference to a ‘gown of puke that came from London’: puke being, in fact, not just a shade but a type of woollen cloth.The fascination of these words is heightened by the fact that even contemporary definitions disagree: puke, for example, can be either dark brown or blue-black, while turkey is variously red or blue! #NewWords #language
Steven Cudahyi was told not to dawdle
as a school kid
when i was waiting
for a dragon
to rescue or kidnap me
or wondering
where the outlaws
were hiding
slow footed
because i wanted
to feel the sky
when not battered
by our noise
or hopeful
of a robin
a robot
a fox
a phantom
angel demon
smoke cloud elf ship
or a moment
i could be mine
for a change
mine alone
unowned
by school
parent
or friends
though perhaps
i just never
wanted to go back
into that place
#Poetry #Writing #MastoPrompt 3rd Jan 2024 - dawdle.
The queue shuffles forwards. Guards check papers, doctors siphon off the infected. In their hazmat suits they look like stranded astronauts. He stands straight, squares his shoulders. Tries to swallow down the tickle in his throat, but it’s already in his nose. Nearly there. Itch building. His turn now. He hands over his papers. Holds his breath. A doctor takes his temperature, his pulse. And then it erupts, a tidal force of virus-laden droplets. With one #sneeze, all is lost.
jheadThe house looked empty.
Upon entering,
the wooden floor creaked.
Cobwebs held the place together.
A black, dusty piano sat quietly.
Nobody had been here since Ms. Newcomb died years ago.
I stood silently imagining her playing that piano,
dark, haunting tunes,
escaping through closed windows.
Suddenly,
an outburst,
in the form of a sneeze,
disrupted my imagination.
It came from a closet across the room.
I tiptoed over and yanked the door open.
“Ms. Newcomb, is that you?”
- What will it be? Sleep deprivation? Suppurating boils? Violent death?
- Just a run of bad luck. Hens not laying, losing his horse, that sort of thing.
Pause.
- We’re witches. This is #devilry, not wicca.
- Ah. That explains the toads. Interesting recipe.
- Let’s start again. All hail Macbeth.
- Er, I’m McDonald.
- Not again. Pack up the cauldron.
- Does this mean I don’t get my spell?’
- Oh, sort it out yourself. Just sneak up on him at dead of night. Top tip: he hates clowns.
#MastoPrompt
- Just a run of bad luck. Hens not laying, losing his horse, that sort of thing.
Pause.
- We’re witches. This is #devilry, not wicca.
- Ah. That explains the toads. Interesting recipe.
- Let’s start again. All hail Macbeth.
- Er, I’m McDonald.
- Not again. Pack up the cauldron.
- Does this mean I don’t get my spell?’
- Oh, sort it out yourself. Just sneak up on him at dead of night. Top tip: he hates clowns.
#MastoPrompt