A day at Little Woodham

Apr. 21st, 2025 07:07 pm
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 Hoping the photo works...

This is me (in the black hat), my daughter, and my granddaughter, spending a day in the year 1642.

Lindsey has set herself up in the village of Little Woodham as a leather worker, and hopes to learn smithing before long (there are historical records of female blacksmiths in this period).

Oswin, is the leather worker's apprentice, but also showing children how to play games like 'cup and ball'.

I'm currently learning how to card wool, use a spinning wheel (I think I prefer the drop spindle at present) and talking to people about period clothing.

All in all, a very enjoyable day.



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King David

Apr. 16th, 2025 12:10 pm
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 I'm not posting much at the moment, because I'm still recovering from various things - but mostly on the up and up now.

So, I thought I'd recc a post instead.  

Try selenak.dreamwidth.org/1602061.html

A very interesting review of the first episode of 'House of David', which also talks about other adaptions of the biblical stories and their pros and cons.  How should David be portrayed? Why do modern versions skip all his bad deeds?  Would it be possible to do a nuanced version that shows his personality changing over time?

 

It's not a show that I'll ever watch, but SelenaK's such a good reviewer that I always end up thinking hard about what she says.  

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