Book of Psalms and If Women Ran the World
Posted by: Denelle
Yesterday Dave posted a great story about a resurgence of interests in antique/rare Bibles and ecclesiastical texts and I was immediately reminded of a story that I read earlier this week about a rare book of Psalms that was found in a peat bog in Ireland.
This roughly 1000 year old volume narrowly escaped destruction by a backhoe that was gathering bog land for processing into potting soil. The back hoe operator saw something in the mire and stopped to check it out. Thankfully the owner of the bog had the good sense to keep the book covered until archeologists could arrive and properly remove the artifact. This book joins the Book of Kells as one of the oldest biblical texts in Ireland.
I've heard of bodies being preserved in bogs for hundreds of years but it is almost impossible to imagine that one tiny little book could survive that long.
If Women Ran the World
As many of you may have figured out, I like to do lighthearted and frivolous posts on Fridays. I feel like after an intense work week it helps me to set a more relaxed tone for the weekend. So without further ado, I give you some images (sent to me via email) of how the world would look if it were ran entirely by women.
(my favorite)
My mom, sister (on her way back from Spain), aunt and cousin are all going to be here this weekend. So we're going to play tourist and try to avoid getting stuck in the subway if the power goes out. Should be loads of fun. lol Hope you have a great weekend! I'll be back on Monday.
Yesterday Dave posted a great story about a resurgence of interests in antique/rare Bibles and ecclesiastical texts and I was immediately reminded of a story that I read earlier this week about a rare book of Psalms that was found in a peat bog in Ireland.
This roughly 1000 year old volume narrowly escaped destruction by a backhoe that was gathering bog land for processing into potting soil. The back hoe operator saw something in the mire and stopped to check it out. Thankfully the owner of the bog had the good sense to keep the book covered until archeologists could arrive and properly remove the artifact. This book joins the Book of Kells as one of the oldest biblical texts in Ireland.
I've heard of bodies being preserved in bogs for hundreds of years but it is almost impossible to imagine that one tiny little book could survive that long.
If Women Ran the World
As many of you may have figured out, I like to do lighthearted and frivolous posts on Fridays. I feel like after an intense work week it helps me to set a more relaxed tone for the weekend. So without further ado, I give you some images (sent to me via email) of how the world would look if it were ran entirely by women.
(my favorite)
My mom, sister (on her way back from Spain), aunt and cousin are all going to be here this weekend. So we're going to play tourist and try to avoid getting stuck in the subway if the power goes out. Should be loads of fun. lol Hope you have a great weekend! I'll be back on Monday.
