Spring-ish

[pshaw_raven]

I have had a long-standing fascination with ancient Egypt, and this morning I learned that Thoth had a female counterpart - Seshat. This is a lengthy piece about them but an interesting one. Seshat is known as the Mistress of the House of Life, which was what they called the small libraries attached to temple complexes. These were a sort of shared working space where scribes could research, write, etc. She was also known as Foremost in the Library. Another interesting note is that while there are depictions of women holding scribe's tools, indicating that they could write, Seshat is the only woman depicted in the act of writing.

There's a cold front coming through again, which I welcome, because I am not enjoying 90 degree days. Let me have a little more cold weather before summer starts beating me up. We've opened the windows back up and the change is wonderful. I slept very badly last night and I'm trying to not just fall asleep right now on the couch. I'm having a cup of coffee, then I'll try doing some yoga.

I have plants to set out in the garden, though it's going to be chilly enough for a couple of nights that we might throw a frost blanket over the beds just to keep them from getting too cold shocked. The key lime tree that I had declared dead ... is putting out leaves. It'll need a pretty radical pruning but it's alive. So all four trees made it through the freezes, and the yuzu took no damage at all.

I need to catch up my notecards for St. Felix, but I'm finally seeing how the particular story arc I started will play out. No need to push the plot right now, I feel like writing some more world-building pieces and introducing characters. Yes, Jonesy will be back. :D I kind of want to do something where I can mention some of the schools there - Atalanta Springs High, where they have a superb girls' cross-country team, and the St. Felix High Wampus Cats. Go cats! And since I mentioned putting Handsome George on the county seal I should probably work on drawing one up.

I've been so lazy today I haven't even practiced the ukulele or anything. I did manage to bake some bread but man, I am dragging.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Thoth had a female counterpart - Seshat. <<

Yeah, she's a favorite; I've written about her before. :D

>>I am not enjoying 90 degree days.<<

It got up to 79F here. Ugh.

>> I have plants to set out in the garden <<

Yeah, I'm planting hostas today -- Costco had a bag of 6 for $15, which is around 10% of the usual price I see in catalogs.

>>The key lime tree that I had declared dead ... is putting out leaves. It'll need a pretty radical pruning but it's alive. So all four trees made it through the freezes, and the yuzu took no damage at all.<<

Woohoo! Citrus is awesome.

[cdayzee]

We're experiencing a 'cold front' right now. Amidst the 80s, we're in the chilly lower 60s now lol :P

It's downright cold where my mom is.

I've been having sleep issues myself again of late. I took matters into my own hands last night & took some 'natural' stuff. It more or less did the job but I don't feel that well-rested. I just needed something to shut up my mind for a bit. The stress from different sources has been a lot. I just really don't know what to do about it.

[wantedonvoyage]

We went to Egypt some years ago, I did only one post about it (it was at a time that I really wasn't blogging like I should). I had grand plans to write about it in more detail while I still remember at least some of it, but I got one more post done and then lost the CD with the photos.

I got what I was told was a banana plant capable of wintering but I suspect either I was supposed to do something and didn't or I was lied to becuase

I'm the weather yin to your yang, I can't wait until it warms up again. The interwebz say to chop it off 10-12" above the dirt and--IF it's alive, new growth will emerge. But, they caution, wait til after any chance of frost, so... June apparently. Speaking of, I am the weather yin to your yang; I can't wait for it to warm up.