Life goals! 4 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
I'm in
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Lionheart 9 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
Your comments are correct @guest_ but the point is that Richard could barely speak any form of English. He hardly set foot in England, so of course he couldn't speak Middle English, the language of the 12th century. His brother John I, who succeeded him, certainly did, even though Norman French would have been spoken at court. Richard basically thought England and the English were beneath him, or at least that the only use they had for him was as a source of income.
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Haunted by my own reflection 5 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
And narrowing my eyes, firming my jaw and giving myself a small, affirming nod?
Haunted by my own reflection 5 comments
Joy is not the absence of sadness. It is dancing even when your feet hurt. 6 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
That's absolutely what goodness is. We all feel the call of the void. The challenge is to consistently resist it and stay in the light.
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Machiavelli's "The Prince" 1532 2 comments
Lionheart 9 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
Not even close to the greatest. Richard was a useless king who spent all his time indulging his whims in the Holy Land. Now Alfred, there was a king who deserves the epithet Greatest.
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Self-care is important 1 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
Sighing happily from my porch, looking out at my burgeoning garden, my cat playing in the weeds. No one around, it's wonderful. This extrovert has embraced her inner introversion.
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