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Re: Turn to Page 47 of the Book Nearest You
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2017, 07:04:26 pm »
Ublaz leaned over, his silver dagger tapping a bark parchment and charcoal sticks, which lay on the table in front of the corsair. "You saw the six pearls, did you not, felt them, noted their shape, held the shell in which they were kept?" he snapped.

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Re: Turn to Page 47 of the Book Nearest You
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2017, 01:03:52 pm »
'Viridius, sprawled on his gout couch, had already started conducting the castle choir by the time I arrived, breathless, breakfast rolls in hand. He glared at me; his beetling brows were still mostly red, though the fringe of hair around his head was a shocking white.'

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Re: Turn to Page 47 of the Book Nearest You
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2017, 10:34:33 pm »
XLIV. Ic Ine, mid godes gife Wesseaxna kyning, mid ge-oeahte ond mid lare Cenredes mmines faeder ond Heddes mines biscepes ond Eorcenwoldes Mines bicepes, Mid eallum minum ealdormonnom ond paem
  (Ok i'll stop there i can't be bothered typing out all of that. And i had to substitute half the letters for ones that exist on my keyboard)
From Sweets Anglo-Saxon Reader 14th edition, revised by C.T. Onions.
The Japanese concept of wabisabi:
The closest concept in english would be 'rustic'
They might have an old thing, one example is a favourite bowl or dish, it's broken, pieces are missing, why fix it?  With gold and pieces from other dishes?
"Because it was my favourite & I like it"

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Re: Turn to Page 47 of the Book Nearest You
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2017, 02:31:10 pm »
"Because he was so horrible to look at? "Rainflower was upset," Oakkit told him,"

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