Status Updates From The Pillow Book of Sei Shōn...

"It's delightful to be on retreat at a temple over the New Year when it's terribly cold and there's a feeling of snow in the freezing air."

"We were hoping to meet some people along the way, but to our great disappointment all we came across was the odd worthless commoner and a lowly priest or two."
Was Sei Shōnagon the Kim Kardashian of her time??