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Where Are You Now?
Crossing country with the Martin Handcart Company. I had never heard of this...ummm...method of getting west before. Forget the wagon trains and being well stocked. Brigham Young gives them handcarts to push/pull made of wood so green they constantly break down, and they just have to put their faith in God to see them through.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
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I've been in Latinum with Lavinia, Virgil, and Ursula LeGuin. Beautiful, poetic novel.
"To be the queen, she agreed to be the widow!"
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The pre-modern world was willing to attribute charisma to women well before it was willing to attribute sustained rationality to them.
---Medieval Kingship, Henry A. Myers
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The pre-modern world was willing to attribute charisma to women well before it was willing to attribute sustained rationality to them.
---Medieval Kingship, Henry A. Myers
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http://dianelmajor.blogspot.com/
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19C, in a brothel on the outskirts of London. The prostitutes are men, and the women are the clients 

At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
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I just left Alba Longa for Earthsea. 

"To be the queen, she agreed to be the widow!"
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The pre-modern world was willing to attribute charisma to women well before it was willing to attribute sustained rationality to them.
---Medieval Kingship, Henry A. Myers
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http://dianelmajor.blogspot.com/
I'm a Twit: @DianeLMajor
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The pre-modern world was willing to attribute charisma to women well before it was willing to attribute sustained rationality to them.
---Medieval Kingship, Henry A. Myers
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http://dianelmajor.blogspot.com/
I'm a Twit: @DianeLMajor