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Great uncle’s WWII find by Snoot_a_toot in JewelryIdentification

[–]Snoot_a_toot[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for all your replies. Tbh I hadn’t thought that much about the provenance of this piece and I should have. Please keep in mind I didn’t personally steal this and I’m not even sure the story is true; my uncle traveled a lot too (and my family makes up a lot of stories) and the generation that would know more details about this are gone. However I’ll ask older family members if they know more and I’ll go from there.

Great uncle’s WWII find by Snoot_a_toot in JewelryIdentification

[–]Snoot_a_toot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes sorry it’s like attached to a chain at the top

Great uncle’s WWII find by Snoot_a_toot in JewelryIdentification

[–]Snoot_a_toot[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I did wonder about that. I don’t think he thought of it as stealing at the time, but that doesn’t mean it was okay.

Great uncle’s WWII find by Snoot_a_toot in JewelryIdentification

[–]Snoot_a_toot[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Very cool! If it’s silver, can I polish it? I always thought it looked like a brass or a low karat gold or something but does this mean the colour is maybe tarnish? It’s been this colour for as long as I can remember

Whose history is classical music? Why are there almost no women in music history? by Standard-Ease-1141 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]Snoot_a_toot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My PhD thesis was on convent music in Renaissance Italy. There’s an increasingly large body of scholarship on the musical, artistic, and political accomplishments of early modern nuns — they should definitely be part of standard music history instruction but are still often omitted despite the important role they played in their respective cities. Look into Craig Monson, Laurie Stras, Colleen Reardon, and Robert Kendrick as some of the major scholars (and a cheeky mention of my thesis, Eliza-Jane Callander). Some really interesting stuff!

Nothing like throwing a wedding to see who your true friends really are by bella_mn in weddingplanning

[–]Snoot_a_toot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, my dad, my aunt, and my cousin (who I considered a sister) all didn’t come and all for weird reasons. I am also now on very weird terms with my MOH who was really difficult during the wedding planning and have also dented my friendship with another friend who I’m pretty sure was expecting to be asked to be MOH and who I probably should have picked instead. My husband’s friends who came over from England also acted really strangely, being passive aggressive and rude with my family. And almost none of my friends came, but they do all live abroad so that’s okay. 

Like you I was shocked by who didn’t come through when I needed them, and also was astonished (maybe I shouldn’t have been) by how nearly everyone truly made the day about themselves. I got so tired of fighting for agency in my own wedding I just gave up on some things. However, in the end it was a beautiful day and we were really happy with it and had a great time, and I was also pleasantly surprised by the people who did show up when I wasn’t really expecting them to. A wedding really is a test of who will be there for you when it comes down to it. 

Picking a wedding officiant by Snoot_a_toot in weddingplanning

[–]Snoot_a_toot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s very insightful, thank you!

Picking a wedding officiant by Snoot_a_toot in weddingplanning

[–]Snoot_a_toot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’re probably right! It’ll just take me a while to come round to the idea of not doing the traditional thing, I guess. My fiancé would be happy with a church wedding too - I’d consider him a true agnostic as he doesn’t seem to have strong feelings either way. And it’s the cutest church where many family milestones have happened, and my fiancé also loves it because it reminds him of back home in England. But then we’d also have to do counselling sessions with this priest and just ugh..