Thinking you have to read all the unread books on your shelves before buying new ones is like thinking a wine connoisseur should drink everything in their cellar before buying any new bottles. Some books just need a bit of shelf-time before they (/you) are ready.
Recent droughts in Europe once again made visible the "Hunger Stones" in some Czech and German rivers. These stones were used to mark desperately low river levels that would forecast famines. This one, in Elbe river, is from 1616 and says: "If you see me, cry"
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One of the many things we think are weird/gross about the middle ages is the idea of people sharing their homes with animals, especially cattle.
But is this true?
Did they really have cows & sheep walking around their living room?
Let's research.
A thread.
Working on a minidugeon die drop procedure for the UL framework
Roll 6d6
die face: rooms
doubles/triples: larger room
even-even: door
odd-odd door
even-odd: secret passage/locked door
1 Trap/Complication
3/4 Entrance
6 Relic/Treasure
Highest die: where the boss is
Calcata; an ancient Italian village located on top of a volcanic cliff in North Lazio. Its history goes back more than 3000 years, starting with Etruscan-Faliscan civilization.
📷 : Manutoni24
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That Monday morning c.800AD when the early
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illustrator of the Book of Kells longed to be back hidden in the weekend foliage along with his favourite cuddly biting beast (amazingly available online via f.130r)