Framing History

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So, last night cheshyre took me out to dinner, and I don't have the proper words to describe how wonderful this was. She told me about the trip to Italy that she and xiphias recently went on, and gave me an armful of wonderfulness: she lent me a novel about Artemisia Gentileschi (and I should write the title here, but the book is currently in my bookbag), gave me an artist's beautiful catalogue and a postcard from Rome, and, from Farthingcon, a 5000 year old potsherd. It was brought back by an archaeologist (whose name I unfortunately forgot) from Early Bronze Age Israel; the pot it's from was made when Memphis and Ur were the bustling metropoleis of the day, Knossos was an up-and-coming town, and someone was looking at Stonehenge and thinking it was time to replace the standing timbers. Just... five thousand years of history in the palm of my hand. It brings to mind certain words of Blake's.

So that sherd named this entry, needless to say, and I need to figure out where and how to best display it. And keep an eye out for what nice thing I will find for cheshyre, when it presents itself to me.

Meanwhile, eustaciavye and temima came over for dinner and gaming, but rather more dinner than gaming happened. Still, it was really nice to come home and hang out with them, too. Not least to show off my fragment of history!

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[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

that is one of those simple, brilliant things i'd never have thought about!