The weather forecast said it would start snowing at noon and end before dark today. It started snowing at 7 a.m., and shows no sign of letting up. The house is being "shown" by Realtors this afternoon, as it's been decided to have 4 or 5 back-up offers in hand by the man who is listing the home. So about 12:30, I'll go out with shovel and broom and clean off the front porch, steps, and walkway. The showings are supposed to occur between 1:30 and 3:30 this afternoon. I'm taking Aiko and Yoshi over to my sister's house; I can read, and they can play with Boo.
My kits were happy to see me this morning, but were not so happy when I opened the patio door and they realized it was snowing again. At least Nedi went out and played in the snow, as usual; Lovey ran around inside making tiger growls and yowls, then settled down. It'll be nice to sleep with them tomorrow night.
Let's see: Rachel Alexandra, the ex-racer, is now off of intravenous fluids and feeding. She's eating on her own and takes several short walks each day. I don't know if they will risk breeding her again, or not. Her filly is doing well on a nurse-mare. .... Violence, who seemed to be a strong contender on the Triple Crown trail, has fractured a sesamoid , and probably won't be on the track again until the summer campaigns. ....
King Richard III's DNA will soon be compared to other male relatives, and will have that to add to the mitochondrial DNA evidence. Nine of King Richard's relatives had an open letter printed in the London Times stating that they wished for the King's remains to be buried in York, rather than in Leicester. It looks as if the two city's will be slugging this out. It will be an incredible tourist draw. Normally, the Leicester Guildhall has about 37,000 visitors per year; two weeks ago, they opened a display regarding the dig for, and discovery of, Richard III, in 5 days, the Guildhall had 15,000 visitors...
Showing posts with label Leicester. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leicester. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Identified: King Richard III
The Ravens won the Super Bowl last night, and Joe Flacco, the Ravens' quarterback, received the Most Valuable Player award for throwing three touchdown passes. I was saddened that most of the big-name commercials had been shown prior to the game, but two of the three ads I liked best, I hadn't seen before... For tenderness and caring, I pick the Budweiser Clydesdale foal-to-team-leader ad; for sheer laughter, I liked the Doritos "Goat 4 Sale" ad; but the one that really moved me was the Dodge Ram ad with Paul Harvey reading his "... The Farmer..." minute piece. It was wonderful to hear Mr. Harvey's voice again - even though, at the end of the ad, when the Dodge Ram truck image appeared, I wished it had been voiced by Sam Elliott (but that would have given away the sponsor, wouldn't it?). And, I guess my mind is so fixated on the ex-Gator Tim Tebow that it wasn't strange that, once I fell asleep after the Super Bowl, I kept having dreams in which Tim Tebow would just walk in a door, or up to me outside, or wherever I was in the dream, and just talk to me... I really hope that Tim will be allowed to succeed in the NFL!
I am still coughing up gunk like there's no tomorrow - my lymph nodes are all swollen, I've blown my nose raw (even though I'm using tissues with lotion and vitamins), and I am just so tired of coughing. I have a humidifier running constantly, a large iron kettle simmering on the stove, I take steamy showers, I breathe in from steaming pots of eucalyptus and mint oils, I gargle 4 times a day with salt water; I drink so much green and chamomile tea that I constantly have to run to the bathroom.... I am staying at home and resting, reading, and researching. I am taking all the MD's medicines. I have been ill since Christmas. Why the heck isn't this clearing up? Dr. Little just had me sit out in the sun and "bake it out" of my chest when I lived in Florida, but that's not possible in Colorado.
It was announced today, by the University of Leicestershire, that the skeleton found buried beneath the city parking lot in Leicester, is the skeleton of King Richard III. Since I became a history reader, I have always known that whoever wins a war, tilts the written past toward their view. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, seems to have always been maligned. References to him, during his brother's, King Edward IV, reign almost always paint Richard in a good light, unlike their brother, George, Duke of Clarence. George was born with a thirst for power, and had no qualms about changing sides and betrayals of those closest to him. Richard, the youngest brother, with his small stature due to his bent back, however, led his men in battle for his brother the King many times. People tend to forget that the two Princes in the Tower were declared Bastards by the Archbishop and the Parliament, and that Richard was begged to become King, so that the kingdom would not fall apart, or come under the rule of the Tudors. No one, in current letters, ever referred to a "withered arm" on Richard, although quite a few do mention his "crouch back" that made one shoulder (and that, his sword arm) appear higher than the other. Ah, well... The question now is, where shall he be properly buried? There is a monument in the floor of the Leicester Cathedral awaiting the placement of his remains; some people want him buried in Westminster Abbey. But, before his death, he and his queen were having a Memorial Chapel built in the city of York - where Richard spent a great deal of time. Should he be buried where he had hoped to be? Should he be buried in Leicester, where his naked corpse was displayed for 3 days to prove he was dead? Or should he be in London? - All I know is that I hope he is buried with honor. For more information, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882 and check out the Interactive part...
I am still coughing up gunk like there's no tomorrow - my lymph nodes are all swollen, I've blown my nose raw (even though I'm using tissues with lotion and vitamins), and I am just so tired of coughing. I have a humidifier running constantly, a large iron kettle simmering on the stove, I take steamy showers, I breathe in from steaming pots of eucalyptus and mint oils, I gargle 4 times a day with salt water; I drink so much green and chamomile tea that I constantly have to run to the bathroom.... I am staying at home and resting, reading, and researching. I am taking all the MD's medicines. I have been ill since Christmas. Why the heck isn't this clearing up? Dr. Little just had me sit out in the sun and "bake it out" of my chest when I lived in Florida, but that's not possible in Colorado.
It was announced today, by the University of Leicestershire, that the skeleton found buried beneath the city parking lot in Leicester, is the skeleton of King Richard III. Since I became a history reader, I have always known that whoever wins a war, tilts the written past toward their view. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, seems to have always been maligned. References to him, during his brother's, King Edward IV, reign almost always paint Richard in a good light, unlike their brother, George, Duke of Clarence. George was born with a thirst for power, and had no qualms about changing sides and betrayals of those closest to him. Richard, the youngest brother, with his small stature due to his bent back, however, led his men in battle for his brother the King many times. People tend to forget that the two Princes in the Tower were declared Bastards by the Archbishop and the Parliament, and that Richard was begged to become King, so that the kingdom would not fall apart, or come under the rule of the Tudors. No one, in current letters, ever referred to a "withered arm" on Richard, although quite a few do mention his "crouch back" that made one shoulder (and that, his sword arm) appear higher than the other. Ah, well... The question now is, where shall he be properly buried? There is a monument in the floor of the Leicester Cathedral awaiting the placement of his remains; some people want him buried in Westminster Abbey. But, before his death, he and his queen were having a Memorial Chapel built in the city of York - where Richard spent a great deal of time. Should he be buried where he had hoped to be? Should he be buried in Leicester, where his naked corpse was displayed for 3 days to prove he was dead? Or should he be in London? - All I know is that I hope he is buried with honor. For more information, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882 and check out the Interactive part...
Friday, September 14, 2012
Richard III Found?
With the rain on Wednesday came cooler temperatures - I actually wore long pants yesterday and today when I was walking Rosie and Remy. But I am sitting at my desk in shorts and a T-shirt, with the back window and patio door wide open, right now. Lovey and Nedi have been wandering in and out, as they also got to do before I left this morning. I had a blast watching the Green Bay Packers defense eat up Jay Cutler of the Bears last night - but I occasionally rooted for Major Wright, too. And I caught a few things I had missed the first time watching last night's episode of Person of Interest. I'm looking forward to the new season.
I think it's fascinating that archaeologists believe they have found the body of King Richard III. There were multiple rumors regarding the King's body - but they seem to have found it in Leicester, under the choir of the old Greyfriars Abbey site, just as was originally reported. The members of the King Richard III Society and archaeologists dug two "test trenches", each of them 98 feet long in a city parking lot, which seemed to a part of the old abbey. They found, buried under the Abbey's choir stalls, the skeleton of a man, who had pronounced scoliosis of the spine, making his right shoulder appear much higher than his left. He also had an arrow head embedded between two vertebrae (shot from the rear) and a large sword gash across the back of his skull. As King Richard III died in battle on Bosworth Field (in 1485), the skeletal remains might actually be his. Mitochondrial DNA testing should be finished within 12 to 16 weeks, and will determine whether this is King Richard's body. If so, he will be re-interred under his Memorial Plaque in Leicester Cathedral.
I've always found Richard III to be very interesting - most reports of his behavior towards his family and his people seem to have been favorable during his life. It was after Henry Tudor (Henry VII) defeated Richard in the War of the Roses and set up the Tudor dynasty, that he came to be vilified - as well as that little question concerning the Princes in the Tower... 'Twas Shakespeare who first described Richard as being a "hunchback," and that was almost 100 years after Richard's death... Ah, well.... The winners of the wars do write the histories....
I think it's fascinating that archaeologists believe they have found the body of King Richard III. There were multiple rumors regarding the King's body - but they seem to have found it in Leicester, under the choir of the old Greyfriars Abbey site, just as was originally reported. The members of the King Richard III Society and archaeologists dug two "test trenches", each of them 98 feet long in a city parking lot, which seemed to a part of the old abbey. They found, buried under the Abbey's choir stalls, the skeleton of a man, who had pronounced scoliosis of the spine, making his right shoulder appear much higher than his left. He also had an arrow head embedded between two vertebrae (shot from the rear) and a large sword gash across the back of his skull. As King Richard III died in battle on Bosworth Field (in 1485), the skeletal remains might actually be his. Mitochondrial DNA testing should be finished within 12 to 16 weeks, and will determine whether this is King Richard's body. If so, he will be re-interred under his Memorial Plaque in Leicester Cathedral.
I've always found Richard III to be very interesting - most reports of his behavior towards his family and his people seem to have been favorable during his life. It was after Henry Tudor (Henry VII) defeated Richard in the War of the Roses and set up the Tudor dynasty, that he came to be vilified - as well as that little question concerning the Princes in the Tower... 'Twas Shakespeare who first described Richard as being a "hunchback," and that was almost 100 years after Richard's death... Ah, well.... The winners of the wars do write the histories....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)