Down time
A beautiful day for coffee and journaling on the back porch. So grateful for a day off!
Posts
Killer Bunnies
This is no joke. History confirms it! "In all the kingdom of nature, does any creature threaten us less than the gentle rabbit? Though the question may sound entirely rhetorical today, our medieval ancestors took it more seriously — especially if they could read illuminated manuscripts, and even more so if they drew in the margins of those manuscripts themselves. "Often, in medieval manuscripts’ marginalia we find odd images with all sorts of monsters, half man-beasts, monkeys, and more," writes Sexy Codicology's Marjolein de Vos. "Even in religious books the margins sometimes have drawings that simply are making fun of monks, nuns and bishops." And then there are the killer bunnies." Read more (and watch a classic video clip) here.
Oddly Satisfying . . .
Ah, the oddly satisfying sport of American Freestyle Canoeing. Apparently it's a thing. Or it was.
Perspective Matters (video)
"For there are two rules to keep at ready: that there is nothing good or bad outside my own reasoned choice and that we shouldn't try to lead events but to follow them." (Epictetus, Discourses 3.10) "The cause of my irritation is not in this person but in me." (Anthony DeMello, Jesuit Priest)
And Now For Something COMPLETELY Different
A.k.a "The Chemists' Drinking Song" Scientist and Sci-Fi writer Isaac Asimov (one of my favorite authors) suggested in a 1963 essay entitled "You, too, can speak Gaelic" suggested that "para-Dimethylaminobenzaldehyde" can be pronounced to the tune of the familiar jig "The Irish Washerwoman." Yes, the musician/scientist in me enjoyed this very much--hope you do too. (ht: Futility Closet)
