good things

[threadwalker]

1. after seeing the recent "Elizabeth" flick, I desired to know more about Walsingham. Voila'! I bought it last August, but it got stuffed in with the cookbooks so I forgot I had it. I'm reading Her Majesty's Spymaster, Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage by Stephen Budiansky. It's interesting... even almost gripping. I'm a bit over half way through it and totally enjoying it. My thought: hat's off to the movie makers - it was a period steeped in a tangled web of politics. There was a lot of complicated stuff going on at the time.

The husband would say that any period with a woman (or 2 in this case) at the forefront would obviously be steeped in tangled politics. heh.

2. Sanity is having lunch w/ a close friend and enjoying butternut squash ravioli and bread-pudding.

3. Hachez chocolate: Cocoa D'Arriba (77% cacao, mango, chili)... bliss

4. I am not the energizer bunny and I am definitely aging and slowing. I went to bed at 8pm last night and slept for 8 hrs. I woke up at 4 am totally vexed that I crashed so early, didn't do anything fun, and didn't take over the world last night. humph. But I do feel refreshed.

okay - 3 out of 4 thoughts are happy.

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[shutt3rg33k.livejournal.com]

Lunch sounds yummy! I think I was asleep by 7:30. Took an intended nap, but turned down the planned late night date when he called cuz I just couldn't convince myself to get out of bed. Mebbe it's a universe in all its strangeness thing... =/

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

that could be. I was yawning my head off at 8pm when we put the kids to bed and I had to litterally drag my feet to get out of the house.

I think I'm also sensitive to the changing season. It's dark early, it's cold at night, so maybe part of me just wants to go to bed and save my energy for the spring.

I should bounce back as soon as our Christmas tree is up. My enthusiasm will get the better of this energy slump or my name isn't... (yawn...) lol

[loup_noir]

I found Budiansky irritating, but that was mostly because he didn't cite his sources very well. I've also got Elizabeth's Spymaster by Hutchinson, but I haven't read it yet.

Sleep is a good thing. So is chocolate.

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

I noticed he wasn't foot-noting. I wonder if he had secret access to records. Or if he's using someone else's work.

His writing and flare for creating a feel for what is going on is very engaging for me. I am a bit too attention deficit to get into dry histories that recount facts and dates, but don't mix in the documented family drama people were going through. I like my histories colored with the day-to-day experiences of people.

Yes and yes!