@CzuloOliver sieht gut aus!
uhh, independent scholar now I guess?
medieval Latin, medieval medicine, all the medieval things
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Liesbeth CorensMay is upon us! That's when the season of drinking spa waters started in the #earlymodern period: the mineral water was most efficacious in the summer months.
So, only in the Summer, the tiny town of Spa (current day Belgium) became an international hotspot, accommodating Protestants as well as Catholics. I wrote about the intriguing dynamics of that seasonal coexistence here:
https://academic.oup.com/past/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/pastj/gtab018/6520621
@VCP hard agree. every time I go in thinking, "oh this will be fun." well, dear reader, it wasn't
@aleesteele welcome!
@fabriek I saw some swifts while I was sitting outside this morning drinking coffee
can't say that they're the first ones that have been here, but they're the first I've noticed
@Cyborgneticz
cool, thanks-- I'll have to check those out when I'm down there next
cool, thanks-- I'll have to check those out when I'm down there next
@Cyborgneticz
it occurs to me that I've never really done any atlanta parks, iirc
I lived in athens ga for a summer and wandered through a lot of what was there, but not atlanta's. any recommendations?
@Cyborgneticz
that's awesome to hear. it seemed pretty vibrant when I was there
that's awesome to hear. it seemed pretty vibrant when I was there