Female Sailor blind in one eye reveals how she got her male attire and gig aboard the ship by going “”to a dealer in sailor’s clothes, enjoining upon him the utmost secrecy, who furnished me with sufficient clothing, and rendered me every assistance in his power to forward the object I had in view. He even procured me employment on board of a vessel which was soon to sail for New Orleans, and whispered a good word for me to the captain of the vessel.” (1841)
Image courtesy of American Antiquarian Society
Raw milk! Even dragons love it.
Feeding the Dragon by Florence Mary Anderson
the difference between ryannorth and I
What aspect of me is making it so hard to sit down and do the work I know I need (and, truly, want) to do?
Ha. Maybe more of a pointed answer than you were expecting?The Fool wants to wander off and surrender to the whims of the cosmos — he trusts that they’re identical to his own whims, which at this stage are still a secret to himself. You’re lucky to have this aspect of yourself so close to the surface!If you can’t indulge him right this second, you can at least honor him. Put his image where you can see it, as a reminder of the freedom that awaits you on the horizon once you’ve satisfied certain obligations. Honor him by spending some of your downtime in a way that’s nourishing or invigorating — don’t just numb yourself or fall into hibernation.
If this important work of yours is a longer-term endeavor, then you’ve to find a way to answer this calling — because that’s what it is, not laziness or just some passing fancy — in a way that runs alongside your current path. Repress him and you’ll get nowhere. Indulge him — even a little — and you will feel gentle winds guiding you toward progress.
A fantastic Tlingit war helmet has been recently rediscovered in the backroom of a museum in Springfield, Massachussests. The helmet was accessioned in 1899 as an “Aleutian hat” and the designation was never questioned until now.
The article also contains a neato painting by Ketchikan artist Ray Troll and, amidst a really fascinating batch of comments, a pic of a helmet modeled after someone with Bell's Palsy.
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