Gift link for a quick timeline cleanse (OMG that face) 🐈⬛ ❤️ www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
An officer immediately responded to a call about a stranded kitten on Interstate 80 in Oakland and was able to rescue the creature.
Many people wish for an edit button here. But even if you make spelling mistakes, your message will probably still be understood. Take a look at this photo (not mine). Note: The statement below would have been more threatening if a comma had been placed after the 'you' (before 'toad').
From King Lear: "A most toad-spotted traitor." From Richard III: well, it's Tudor propaganda, but basically everyone calls Richard III a toad; "bunch-back'd toad" and "bottled spider." I'm surprised Shakespeare didn't include "toad" in Henry IV's encyclopedia of insults.
"I will have you, toad!" is pure Shakespeare. 🐸
Stockton, California and Holliston, Massachusetts have been beefing over a poem for more than a century. The world needs more friendly rivalries over poetry. #CaseyAtTheBatwww.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
The famous baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" holds a special meaning in Stockton. But the California city isn't alone in its claim of inspiring Mudville.
For #SarcophagusSaturday: reduce, reuse, and recycle! This sarcophagus was originally occupied by a Roman, Valerius Amandinus. He was evicted c. 900-1000 CE, a cross was added to the lid and an unnamed Anglo-Saxon was buried in the sarcophagus.
"The evidence leads him to conclude that these Anglo-Saxon warriors had served under [Byzantine Emperor] Tiberius II and his successor, Maurice, who recorded in his military handbook that “Britons” were good at fighting “in the woods”." #medievalwww.theguardian.com/science/arti...
Warriors from Britain joined far-flung Byzantine military campaigns in sixth century, grave goods suggest
“We picked up a lovely little circular feature which represents a roundhouse, which will have been lived in by an iron age family. You are homing right into the personal level, where we can see the outline of the house that would have been occupied.” www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
National Trust ground-scanning technology maps new features close to site of Roman city of Wroxeter
I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing pictures of your Bunny cat, and for telling us the story of that little bird.
Nobody wants to live in the past, we just want the clothes. Like this man's jacket and stunning embroidered waistcoat, made in France c. 1790. The bottom of the waistcoat is embroidered with Roman ruins. Kyoto Costume Institute, 📷 Toru Kogure. Items AC5146 85-28-2AC, AC5667 87-35-1
