From The Black Death

   "usury and all commercial ventures were suspect because they assumed control over the future, a mortgage of time which was reserved for God."

"One of the most cogent comments about time was made by the humanist Leon Battista Alberti in his dialogue on family life:

Gianozzo: There are three things which man may say properly belong to him; his fortune, his body, ...

Lionardo: And what may the third be?

Gianozzo: Ah! A very precious thing indeed! Even these hands and these eyes are not so much my own.

Lionardo: Incredible! What is it?

Gianozzo: Time, my dear Lionardo."

Robert S. Gottfried

  I had picked up this book at Apple Fest at Joanna Furnace a couple of years ago. I think I've already blogged about it, and I seldom reiterate unless warranted. It was two dollars. Having read all of the plague books except for the latest omnibus that The Great Courses, that I completed, is based upon, I figured it would be samey and nearly passed it up for a bean cookbook, Jack. Kelly's The Great Mortality is my favorite, and I love Follett's novel World Without End. About the first plague book, from 1983, (I thought it was earlier), I mistook that I wouldn't get anything new from it. Wrong! Not only are all of the latter books obviously based upon this relatively short book, but I believe it is more concise. Nowadays everything is fake, phony, made-up, hearsay, and opinionated nonsense. History is "reimagined", but it was always a white man's game. Facts and evidence are scrapped. This book not only thoroughly looks into the origin of the plague, Africa, and Asia, it also calls a spade, a spade. It has no false claims. It calls theories, theories and nonsense, nonsense. It cites sources from the time. I'd call it a Ron Paul among books. It's not to be missed. Will I read the latest gigantic omnibus? Probably, I'm obsessed and always have been. I'll find the time. 🕛

Prims & That

   I like some prims like country and rap. I like anything good. Speaking of witch', heartbroken, devastated, and sick over Charlie Kirk. The media must be held accountable for inciting cold blooded murder. It's hate speech, if anything, and these are the most hateful scum on the planet. It wouldn't have happened if he wasn't a Christian. These schools that incite this sort of stuff need to be closed: forty-six school shootings this year. These murders are not happening at the gun range. Goody, here, reminds me to be thankful for what I have. I will be listing some primitives on Ebay. I even had made some DARK SHADOWS ones that have come back to me since some passings, if I can find them. We'll see. I'd forgotten to show you this Stranger Things knit that Frankie is so obsessed with that I gave it to him. I find it outside my door sacrificed like a rat. God Bless Charlie Kirk's dear family. So sad. 🕈