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nightdog_barksThe universe hates me. Not much sleep, then early-morning tree trimmers next door. Ah, the sound of chainsaws at dawn! And dogs barking. And guys yelling to each other.
Sunny, 75 degrees (23.9 Celsius). Still reading Empire of the Summer Moon, almost finished with it.
Very cool reportage from the BBC last night -- boy buried at Stonehenge with amber necklace was from the Mediterranean. The news is also in the Telegraph, which has a lovely shot of Stonehenge in snow.
Sunny, 75 degrees (23.9 Celsius). Still reading Empire of the Summer Moon, almost finished with it.
Very cool reportage from the BBC last night -- boy buried at Stonehenge with amber necklace was from the Mediterranean. The news is also in the Telegraph, which has a lovely shot of Stonehenge in snow.
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Date: 2010-09-29 06:28 pm (UTC)This, absolutely. It's always fascinating to look at the photos on a site like Shorpy.com and try to imagine the people in them a minute after the picture was taken. It's especially interesting with the Civil War photos, like the group shot of the battalion surgeons I posted here once -- that right after the shutter snapped, they were stretching their legs, starting to talk to one another, smiling, turning away and standing up to go attend to something else now that this fellow was finished with his camera. I think in a way that imagining of the Before and After of that frozen moment is helpful in writing -- it helps you get inside a character's head.
Ha, listen to me ramble. The damn chainsaws are STILL going, gah.
ETA that this is the photo.