tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post4561687736111102831..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Breakfast Links: Week of April 8, 2013Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87681933051996942842013-04-18T10:21:53.384-04:002013-04-18T10:21:53.384-04:00These were wonderful! I especially liked the handw...These were wonderful! I especially liked the handwritten poems by famous poets. So moving to think of them scribbling away on anything that came to hand.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-13789595458458368542013-04-14T22:46:43.167-04:002013-04-14T22:46:43.167-04:00Another super line-up (and thanks for the mention ...Another super line-up (and thanks for the mention of the bizarre relics!) I want that Brighton sewing compendium for my miniatures collection. <br />Lovely to see the making of Henry VIII's crown. And I was fascinated by the BBC article on sleep. The Rule of St Benedict, which I've always thought of as a thoroughly sensible document, requires monks and nuns to rise for the "Night Office,"--the prayers and psalms of the Divine Office--in the middle of the night. To most of us it seems like some awful mortification of the flesh, but it makes perfect sense in view of the notion of first and second sleep.Chris Woodyardhttp://hauntedohiobooks.comnoreply@blogger.com