Ditto. I was comprehensively challenged myself. Finally a bump today, not enough to share much though. I'm glad you guys are stocked today doh! Play nice.
I havent even walked down the block to look at the flat grayness. It’s rainy and 50. is there a bump Titty bump out there? If there is surf, I’ll surf. Other than that I was thinking about tattoo
now, Here me out bros, and feel free to mock, I’m used to it. Long story short: I’m a direct descendant of Anne Bradstreet. Same family line as Richard Henry dana Junior. A literate family tree to be sure.
so, I’m not a huge fan of text tats, but now that I have the merchant brig pilgrim, and a giant iceberg Dana may have encountered rounding the horn 2x, I want a tribute to gramma Anne. she wrote countless lines of verse, I have barely scatched the surface. But she was a puritan who actually loved her husband. He is/was my namesake, incidentally, and one of the leaders of the settlement that would soon became known as Boston, and was a cofounder of Harvard) so much of her (very long and old fashioned) poetry was dedicated to religion, love, marriage, and such.
However, this famous line jumps out at me for obvious reasons. could be super cheesy as a tat, but perhaps not if worn by her actual descendant? Basically, I’m building an homage to 500 years of somewhat well documented and intersting family history. here is the line= flame away, or, tell me to go get it inked, and I’ll go find an artist this afternoon and get it done whilst watching futbol
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
Anne “gramma” Bradstreet c. 1650
thoughts? this is a solid quote for life in general, but perhaps even more so now
also, if you love geeking out on history, read her Wikipedia or whatever. Fascinating woman, quite literally at the birth of Boston. Progressive, in her own quiet way.
Legend has it home girl would literally compose 1000 word poems in her head, revise them (again, in her head) to make sure the structure and words were just so, before even putting chalk to slate