I think about how both my mother and I would probably have died at my birth and don't romanticize much before the 20th century.
Me, too.
edit: And if I had survived, Peanut's childbirth would have killed both of us without intervention.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
juliana - Apr 16, 2021 2:27:39 pm PDT #26633 of 27942
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Atropa - Apr 18, 2021 12:52:06 pm PDT #26634 of 27942
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I like the aesthetics of past eras, but that's it. Modern medicine and plumbing are great.
-t - Apr 18, 2021 1:33:45 pm PDT #26635 of 27942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, I’ve had my subscription to Asimov’s for a long time now, and my satisfaction with it has been pretty uneven lately. Sometimes I’ll read a whole issue and not be happy with any of it and think about canceling, but it hasn’t happened enough times in a row for me to do it, at least not without something in the Coming Soon that I want to stick around for.
The May issue has a baseball story I really like, so I feel like I should say so, if only so I’ll remember later. Tin Man by Rick Wilber and Brad Aiken. It doesn’t have a mind-blowing premise that everyone must read right now, or anything, but it’s a good story. The SF-nal aspects are plausible and tidy and the baseball aspects fit nicely into that slot in my brain (which is not a very knowledgeable slot, ymmv of course)
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 10:07:35 am PDT #26636 of 27942
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
Atropa, I keep hearing "You should love cottagecore!" As an aesthetic, sure - but I grew up with septic leach fields, and my mom's second husband raised sheep. (Yes, there are pictures of a smol Ken with said sheep.)
My library send me a note this morning saying "Hey, your hold on The Hollow Places is ready", so that's my afternoon handled.
Atropa - Apr 19, 2021 10:58:20 am PDT #26637 of 27942
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I suspect all the people who love cottagecore do not have an understanding of actual rural or farm life.
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 11:45:51 am PDT #26638 of 27942
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
A couple of rounds of "Power's out, well pump's out, the animals still have to be watered, where's the manual pump? Yes, before coffee - and how long will it take you to get the backup stove up to temp so that you can have the coffee? Did you prep the night before? Okay, look for the hand mill when you come back, and where's the BIG electric lantern so you're not breaking your neck wandering the Dark Sky-compliant outbuildings?" would enliven the discussions.
DavidS - Apr 19, 2021 12:26:43 pm PDT #26639 of 27942
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I suspect all the people who love cottagecore do not have an understanding of actual rural or farm life.
Or they just want to live in Miss Honey's cottage with a sweet garden.
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 1:16:32 pm PDT #26640 of 27942
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
OMG, using outrage at comments on fic to keep the attention of the monsters away from you, I love this book so hard.
Toddson - Apr 19, 2021 1:25:24 pm PDT #26641 of 27942
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Like the people who romanticize earlier time periods - the image is infinitely better than the reality is/was. (My father grew up on a farm ... I never experienced it first hand, but I heard enough to know that it was NOT for me.)
-t - Apr 19, 2021 1:26:22 pm PDT #26642 of 27942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, yeah, that was good stuff (The Hollow Places, not necessarily cottagecore or past eras)