Let me fill the white space with words. Firstly Phillip Pullman has brought out a new book, the final book on Lyra, we shall see. It is called 'The Rose Field' Lyra is looking for her daemon. Daemons are attachments of animals that reflect the person they accompany, as I haven't read all the books I don't know when the loss occurred. But it was noticeable on the radio this morning that Pullman was very against AI which goes round vacuuming up all the knowledge in the world. And presumably regurgitating it into new computer speak.
I did a little study of left-handedness yesterday. I am left handed and have gone through life unperturbed by being so. True at kindergarten the nuns tried to make me use my right hand but I could not. Apparently though you are sometimes seen as neurodivergent and could have other neurological offsets. In practice 10% of us are l/h and it just means we use the different sides of our brain differently. We are indistinguishable from the rest of the population by the way ;) ;) but perhaps my need for a daemon distinguishes me a little.
Of course not to forget that l/h is sometimes referred to as 'sinister'. This because sinister in Latin meant left, and so sometimes through history, those l/h persons were often seen as evil and dark and witchlike. Well as it is coming up to Halloween - who knows?
I made a fish pie yesterday, it was slightly austere because there was no cream to enrich the very lemony sauce I cover the fish with. But a few garlicked mushrooms and plenty of grated cheese on the mash enlivened it. I had picked up some sprouts that morning, love sprouts but they are not for everyone, that includes Andrew. I think sprouts have improved since our childhood recollections of them, they have a more nutty and sweet flavour.
Anyway Andrew went out later and got some cream for the first apple crumble of the season, which is probably my most favourite of puddings. My next favourite pudding is Eton Mess, a gloriously messy jumble of meringue, strawberries and cream. Can also bring on a headache because of the richness. My third favourite must be Bakewell Tart but it should have home made jam at its base to compliment the ground almonds above.
i can never tell the difference between geraniums and pelargoniums..... but i reckon those are the latter of the two?
ReplyDeleteI suppose A/F, and welcome back by the way, that the perennial geranium of the garden, one could even say it is a backbone of many a garden, and the pelargoniums, though they do cover a variety of species are different. In fact as I get confused you could probably write a whole essay on it ;)
DeleteH.I. is sinister too. Is the Green Eyes too.
ReplyDeleteHi Tom, it is good to hear from you. Hopefully you and H.I. will be able to visit the West Wood in spring, somewhere I have never been. I have a good book by Steve Marshall on 'Exploring Avebury' full of photos. I quite miss the area and the walks such as the Piggledene drift of sarsen stones.
DeleteI too am sinister.
ReplyDeleteMy son is an engineer who designs automation. He believes AI will replace him. He is a smart boy and is preparing for that even now.
To think we might have been burnt as witches, it happened in the Salem witch trials. Actually what started off l/handed was Jon Stewart the comedian, he is a left-handed person and I became fascinated by his nervous use of his pen. Tom above show that l/h goes through families, anyone else in the family?
DeleteNone of my kids are lefties. My father was, though. Well, he started out that way. Teachers 'fixed' him. His handwriting was legible, just about.
DeletePS: good to see you about, Tom.
DeleteI don't think it is fixable sadly, shows by your father's handwriting Debby. When I fractured nearly all the bones in my left arm, I still could not master a pen on the right hand.
DeleteMy husband and youngest daughter are left-handed, so I am always aware of left-handers. Left-handers are often creative.
ReplyDeleteTom my grandson is also l/h, though I think he can use both hands so he becomes ambidextrous, the middle road so to speak. It is obviously carried genetically.
ReplyDeleteMy Latin teacher at school was ambidextrous - his trick was to start writing at the left hand side of the blackboard and carry right across to the right, changing hand from left to right with the chalk in the middle. You couldn't see where he changed hands, the writing with both hands was identical.
ReplyDeleteA perfectly balanced person Will. There is a problem of course writing across the body but people seem to get over it and we don't need our knives and fork opposite either....
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