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[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "Martyrology

This is apparently a register or history of martyrs. I found it when I decided to randomly open the dictionary to find today's word.

:-D

So, yes, there is such a thing. And amazing..."

LOL.

[Johanna]

Ooookay, here's my randomly-opened-dictionary-word for today:

Mattress

Hmmm. Maybe there's a hidden meaning in this...

:-)

[Jordan]

Johanna wrote: "Ooookay, here's my randomly-opened-dictionary-word for today:

Mattress

Hmmm. Maybe there's a hidden meaning in this...

:-)"

I could certainly use one of those right about now.

Not feeling well. Wishing I'd called in sick and stayed home. ugh. Mattress. I want my mattress. With the pillow and blankets and to be warm and cozy and relaxed. Yep.

[Jordan]

booklists

We have these fantastic "historical" book lists for teens dating back to the 1950's! They're great little booklets with cool cover art (the ones from the 60's and 70's really stand out!) and interesting subjects. I'm really excited because for the first time they're leaving our office to visit with another department that will digitize them and make them available for patrons to look at!

[Anne]

Son.

I have an adult son. We are close so even if we can go weeks without talking to each other, I somehow always knows he is there.

And he always calls giving support and consolation when he knows I really need it. And I know he is like that with his friends as well. He often might seem a little grumpy, but when needed, his compassion and caring shows. Case in point, he has been very supportive these days when the stress of selling gets to be too much.

I'm very proud of him.

Sorry if this seems like bragging, it is just my heart overflowing..

[Sabine]

Anne wrote: "Son.

I have an adult son. We are close so even if we can go weeks without talking to each other, I somehow always knows he is there.

And he always calls giving support and consolation when he kno..."

No Anne, that sounds like love♡♡♡

[Anne]

Sabine wrote: "Anne wrote: "Son.

I have an adult son. We are close so even if we can go weeks without talking to each other, I somehow always knows he is there.

And he always calls giving support and consolatio..."

:)

[Johanna]

Sabine wrote: "Anne wrote: "Son.

I have an adult son. We are close so even if we can go weeks without talking to each other, I somehow always knows he is there.

And he always calls giving support and consolatio..."

Yes, what Sabine said. :-)

[Jordan]

You're very lucky, Anne!

[Alison]

Anne wrote: "Son.

I have an adult son. We are close so even if we can go weeks without talking to each other, I somehow always knows he is there.

And he always calls giving support and consolation when he kno..."

Oh Anne. This makes me smile. Love! :)

[Antonella]

Anne wrote: "He often might seem a little grumpy, but when needed, his compassion and caring shows. Case in point, he has been very supportive these days when the stress of selling gets to be too much.

I'm very proud of him."

I'm so glad for you both!

And - I confess - also a bit envious, as usual when I hear of tight and ''real'' family ties.

[Loretta]

Anne wrote: "Son.

I have an adult son. We are close so even if we can go weeks without talking to each other, I somehow always knows he is there.

And he always calls giving support and consolation when he kno..."

Sounds like he was raised by a caring and loving mom.

[Karen]

Anne wrote: "Son.

I have an adult son. We are close so even if we can go weeks without talking to each other, I somehow always knows he is there.

And he always calls giving support and consolation when he kno..."

A treasure. : )

[HJ]

Loretta wrote: "Anne wrote: "Son.

I have an adult son. We are close so even if we can go weeks without talking to each other, I somehow always knows he is there...

Sounds like he was raised by a caring and loving mom. ..."

I agree!

[Sara]

Anne wrote: "Son.

I have an adult son. We are close so even if we can go weeks without talking to each other, I somehow always knows he is there.

And he always calls giving support and consolation when he kno..."

Lovely :)

[Anne]

You are all very kind

[Jordan]

HUGS

The aunt of a close friend/coworker just passed away this afternoon. I'm working an extra three hours so she can go home early.

[Antonella]

Jordan wrote: "HUGS

The aunt of a close friend/coworker just passed away this afternoon. I'm working an extra three hours so she can go home early."

That's really kind of you, dear Jordan.

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "HUGS

The aunt of a close friend/coworker just passed away this afternoon. I'm working an extra three hours so she can go home early."

That's really kind of you, dear Jordan."

She would do the same for me.

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "Josh wrote: "Martyrology"

We have a few of them, mainly from the 9th century, in the local library.

ETA: The ''local library'' being on of the most famous libraries in Europe for ancient manuscri..."

Are they illustrated? I bet they're gorgeous.

[Josh]

Mymymble wrote: "Josh wrote: "Martyrology

This is apparently a register or history of martyrs. I found it when I decided to randomly open the dictionary to find today's word.

:-D

So, yes, there is such a thing..."

Ha! And I see from subsequent comments we have quite a theme going here. :-D

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Ooookay, here's my randomly-opened-dictionary-word for today:

Mattress

Hmmm. Maybe there's a hidden meaning in this...

:-)"

and another theme! ;-D

[Josh]

So today my word is THREEDAYWEEKEND ;-D

Three days of not checking my email. Granted, I am barely checking my email now, but I feel guilty about that. Whereas for three days I will feel no guilt. :-D

Sweeeet sweet three days.

[Josh]

Anne wrote: "Trabant.

This morning I saw one of the old Eastern Europe cars. It was tiny and old and had this very old fashioned, non- aerodynamic look,, but it looked like it had been lovingly kept, polished ..."

By the way, I love this word. :-D

[Antonella]

Josh wrote: "Are they illustrated? I bet they're gorgeous."

The martyrologies are not much so illustrated, here for ex. an initial in form of a bird in the martyrology by the Venerable Bede († 735) in Anglo-Saxon script, produced in the 9th century. Or a nice illustration in a copy of the martyrology of Ado of Vienne († 875) possibly written around 880/890.

I prefer the Irish manuscripts of the Abbey Library, see for ex. the first pages of this Gospel Book written and illuminated by Irish monks around 750 in Ireland.

[EDen]

I agree with Josh, 3-days off-ya!! :0)

[Sabine]

Antonella wrote: "Josh wrote: "Are they illustrated? I bet they're gorgeous."

The martyrologies are not much so illustrated, here for ex. an initial in form of a bird in the martyrology by the Venerable Bede († 735..."

Thank you, Antonella♡♡♡

[Sabine]

Josh wrote: "So today my word is THREEDAYWEEKEND ;-D

Three days of not checking my email. Granted, I am barely checking my email now, but I feel guilty about that. Whereas for three days I will feel no guilt. ..."

Enjoy your three days of freedom!

[Sabine]

Castle

http://www.google.de/search?q=schloss...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlo...

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "So today my word is THREEDAYWEEKEND ;-D

Three days of not checking my email. Granted, I am barely checking my email now, but I feel guilty about that. Whereas for three days I will feel no guilt. ..."

Enjoy! :-)

[Johanna]

Geranium

[Jordan]

normalweekendstartstomorrow

is my word for today. I've got Sunday and Monday off. But today, I'm teaching a mini flash fiction workshop, so if people show up, that should be a lot of fun!

[HJ]

Johanna wrote: "Geranium"

I love geraniums! I hope we're talking about the same thing; for some reason we use the same name for totally different plants. I mean the ones which are also called "hardy geraniums", and not pelargoniums.

[Judy]

Sabine wrote: "Castle

http://www.google.de/search?q=schloss...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlo..."

Schloss Benrath was listed as a *gasp* pleasure palace? Huh? To say I was surprised is an understatement. Googling pleasure palace made it seem like it was nothing more than a very pretty brothel for the nobility. Glad I clicked the link for maison de plaisance and *phew* learned otherwise. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusts...

[Sabine]

Judy wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Castle

http://www.google.de/search?q=schloss...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sc..."

Hahaha

[Antonella]

Video and music by Grant Woolard, 2 minutes:

Dreaming In Paint

I awoke to find myself trapped in the world of famous paintings. See how many of them you can name. There are 25 in all.

[Johanna]

HJ wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Geranium"

I love geraniums! I hope we're talking about the same thing; for some reason we use the same name for totally different plants. I mean the ones which are also called "har..."

I'm afraid I was talking about regular pelargoniums. We bought bunch of them for the several pots on the patio around the house. BUT, I googled "hardy geraniums" and they look lovely! :-)

[Johanna]

Sabine wrote: "Castle

http://www.google.de/search?q=schloss...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlo..."

Wow.

[Johanna]

Antonella wrote: "Video and music by Grant Woolard, 2 minutes:

Dreaming In Paint

I awoke to find myself trapped in the world of famous paintings. See how many of them you can name. There are 25 in all."

:-)

[Antonella]

Johanna wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Video and music by Grant Woolard, 2 minutes:

Dreaming In Paint

I awoke to find myself trapped in the world of famous paintings. See how many of them you can name. There are 25 ..."

Oops! Wrong topic, sorry about this.
I could try
DreamingInPaint ;-)

[HJ]

Johanna wrote: "I'm afraid I was talking about regular pelargoniums. We bought bunch of them for the several pots on the patio around the house. BUT, I googled "hardy geraniums" and they look lovely! :-) ..."

I thought you might mean those! They're very good for cheering up an area, and the flowers last for ages.

[Judy]

Antonella wrote: "Video and music by Grant Woolard, 2 minutes:

Dreaming In Paint

I awoke to find myself trapped in the world of famous paintings. See how many of them you can name. There are 25 in all."

Wonderful. Thanks for the link

[Carlita]

Happy

[Sabine]

Carlita wrote: "Happy"

And that makes me happy!

[Carlita]

❤️ Sabine!

[Jordan]

NaNo

I'm working on my insane 2016 NaNoWriMo project.

[Sara]

Carlita wrote: "Happy"

:)

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "Josh wrote: "Are they illustrated? I bet they're gorgeous."

The martyrologies are not much so illustrated, here for ex. an initial in form of a bird in the martyrology by the Venerable Bede († 735..."

Honestly, those are all wonderful.

[Josh]

HJ wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Geranium"

I love geraniums! I hope we're talking about the same thing; for some reason we use the same name for totally different plants. I mean the ones which are also called "har..."

It's a very large family of plants, so there's an amazing variety.

[Josh]

graduation

(The third kidling graduates from high school tonight) :-)