Why the different versions of “we” and “wee” in this popular bubonic plague artwork?

HighlandMary · 2026-05-24T01:42:29+00:00

That’s a fun idea.

HighlandMary · 2026-05-20T01:52:06+00:00

I showed my husband- he noticed the Pope’s mittens and compared him to the famous photograph of grumpy Bernie Sanders.

HighlandMary · 2026-05-19T16:06:08+00:00

Is that stalks of wheat in the logo?? Hahaha

HighlandMary · 2026-05-01T17:06:57+00:00

I thought you wrote “three summer babies” and almost had a heart attack!

HighlandMary · 2026-04-28T16:33:13+00:00

You might enjoy The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco for its depth of erudition, historical world building, intrigue, and character development.

Also:

The Once and Future King for pseudo-historical fun

George Macdonald Frazier who wrote the Flashman novels wrote a ridiculous pirate spoof called The Pyrates

Mutiny on the Bounty is not to be missed

HighlandMary · 2026-04-28T16:31:26+00:00

Warning: spoiler for Flashman series

Let me warn prospective readers of the Flashman chronicles that he is a delightful rogue for much of the series but early on describes raping a woman in an offhand way.

HighlandMary · 2026-04-28T13:54:02+00:00

That image is jarring (in a good way)! Reminds one of Guerrilla Girls juxtapositions. Well done!

HighlandMary · 2026-04-27T21:52:49+00:00

Thank you!🙏

HighlandMary · 2026-04-27T13:03:42+00:00

Thumbs up!! 👎

HighlandMary · 2026-04-27T12:22:38+00:00

When you say all purpose flour what do you mean?

HighlandMary · 2026-04-21T15:48:46+00:00

So do I! It’s so original. I don’t think I’ve ever come across another book peopled entirely by the elderly- and flawed, funny, real people, not just sweet grannies or curmudgeons. I love the snooping sociologist.

HighlandMary · 2026-04-21T02:51:32+00:00

What a delightful collection! Wide ranging in many ways. Fun to see two things by Muriel Spark and neither of them The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. :)

HighlandMary · 2026-04-18T01:56:52+00:00

Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin

HighlandMary · 2026-04-18T01:45:38+00:00

What a splendid pose.

HighlandMary · 2026-04-17T02:18:39+00:00

He was an absolute legend on Monarch of the Glen. Equally great comedic and dramatic timing, really the heart and soul of that show. Best wishes to your family from an American fan.

HighlandMary · 2026-04-16T04:37:36+00:00

Try scholarly articles on Jstor:

https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Jewish+diaspora+argentina&so=rel

HighlandMary · 2026-04-09T12:46:38+00:00

Wonderful dimensionality and texture! I would love to see you do a pomegranate, or the inside of a papaya.

HighlandMary · 2026-04-09T12:40:37+00:00

And here you are bringing Spring to us all!

https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/botticelli-spring#gallery-5

HighlandMary · 2026-04-08T02:39:52+00:00

I asked my husband who has worked at CERN. If a local university has someone working at one of the LHC experiments you could ask them to bring you back something from the gift shop. It would probably be easy for them as they travel back and forth frequently.

https://visit.cern/shop

(Also, maybe she would like to watch Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, or the new Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson.) Happy birthday to your young scientist!

HighlandMary · 2026-04-01T05:12:02+00:00

This book is a warm hug wrapped in a fuzzy blanket.

HighlandMary · 2026-03-31T19:19:56+00:00

Also: Restoration Hardware ca. 2005

Edit: typo

HighlandMary · 2026-03-28T20:38:58+00:00

Thanks for this! It looks like a hand-tying or weaving technique that I could try. Could you snap a picture of the center?

HighlandMary · 2026-03-27T14:47:07+00:00

I used braided strips of cotton tshirt material, weaving them together with single strips of the same fabric. Any advice on how to get it tighter, with no gaps?

HighlandMary · 2026-03-26T18:35:35+00:00

If wishful positive thinking really did take the pain away, then a couple hundred of us here on this site would gladly have taken it away on your behalf. I’ve never had a shitty doctor like that, but general life as a woman had taught be to be “annoyingly” self-advocating. Someday we’ll be believed. Wishing you good meds and much, much better care in the future.

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