Mrs C

Castle Hill Club with Drury lane street sign visible on the side wall

Do you know…the Muffin Man??

Oxfam book shops near universities are 🔥. Homeric hymns, Old and Middle English, and a history of Poland? Yes, please.

Teenager with long mousy brown hair wearing a black denim jacket and red backpack facing away from the camera as he looks at a building in front of him

This photo was taken around this time of the year in 2023 at an open day at The Boy’s first choice for university. This week, he’ll be showing us around the city as a first year student. 🥺

3. That it is just the hierarchy and vassalage system rejigged for the Normans’ interests. So now I have to decide whether to keep ‘dumbing’ it down or risk overwhelming year 7s with more “stuff” when we only have them an hour a week now.

Friends, Normans, countrymen, lend me your ears so that I may tell you the woes of oversimplifying the KS3 history curriculum. I’m replanning Norman conquest lessons and I’m getting fed up with teaching that feudalism is both 1. A Norman concept, 2. Is a uniformly agreed concept and…

Made an overnight booking to stay in a “haunted” inn in York with my husband. Do we believe in ghosts? No. Will we bring an EMF meter to satisfy our childhood obsessions with Ghostbusters? Absolutely.

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Soooo…there’s a Classics-inspired perfume range, but it isn’t part of my tax bracket.

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Love when a second-hand charity book shop speaks my language

Her name is Trixie btw

Portrait of Henry Wriothesley

He’s just a guy with his cat in the Tower of London

I cannot stress how much I hate that 2 factor authentication has been connected to our own personal devices.

I said this when I got my citizenship just over a decade ago. I could see the writing on the wall then.

I feel a bit weird asking people to give me their unwanted soot. I’m on a quest to make black ink and attempt to write with reeds to see if it’s viable for my students.

Amulets were meant to protect the owner from evil. This amulet takes the form of the head of Hercules, 3/4 view, one of the most famous heroes of Classical mythology. In Egypt during the Roman period (30 BC-AD 639), Hercules was a symbol of power as well as of protection during times of war. The turquoise glaze on this amulet was popular in the pre-Islamic Middle East. In Egypt, turquoise was associated with good fortune as the colour of the life-giving River Nile. Under Islam, the lucky associations of the blue-green colour persisted in an informal way. Romano-Egyptian, ca. 2nd-3rd century CE. From Karanis, Egypt. Molded faience ware. V&A Museum, London (486-1891)

This blue-green Egyptian faience amulet was meant to protect its owner (apotropaic) and bring good luck. It was in the form of the head of the hero Hercules, identifiable by his beard and the Nemean lionskin - a symbol of power.

2nd-3rd c. CE, Karanis, Egypt. V&A Museum. #ancientbluesky
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I just want to preemptively put this out there - my mother cannot take Tylenol. She wouldn’t have taken it while pregnant. Take from that what you will.

PS the only take away is that RFK Jr is full of crap.

Moment of silent reflection is still a thing apparently, and this was the sticker from Cobb Co (not my county)

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Then there is the creepy pledge. My party trick is reciting it in Latin. Wild.

It seems like a fever dream, but I remember the following in Georgia public schools in the late 90s/early 00s:
-mandated patriotic songs played every morning, a “moment of silent reflection” because prayer would be illegal, and stickers in our science books creationism. I’m sure I’ll remember more.

Currently wondering how it is I got roped into doing crafty things for The Boy’s D&D group.

Bast-sherit in her Sharky bed

Bast-sherit bunny kicking a catnip stuffed fish plush

Bast-sherit in one of her bed/hiding spots

Bast-sherit looking out a window sitting on a pedestal on top of her bed/hiding spot

I didn’t think it would be difficult to donate some of Bast’s stuff to the local animal sanctuary. I of course sobbed. It made me feel better when my son’s friends who volunteer there said they needed cat beds, so they now have two of her beds and lots of her toys amongst other things.

After seeing how quickly dust settles in my house and what is collected in the vacuum, I’m absolutely certain the way that Vulcans are written to be repulsed by human smell is spot on.

I’m pretty sure I can definitively say I’m British. I keep getting misnamed, even by coworkers I’ve had for 8 years, and it’s too awkward to correct them.

Oh no, how awful! Such a lovely chap.

Totally using this to help explain Popper and falsificationism to my students.

Side note, I want off this planet.

The I got teeny tiny paintbrushes. They were a game changer. I could then shade, so the paladin went from colourful and okay enough to gritty and more detailed.

Trying miniature painting for the first time, and it’s so relaxing. I’ve let hours pass without realising. So these are the very first ones I’ve done.

It’s a whole different world. My dad recently shared a picture of the 2nd 9mm pistol he’s acquired for his collection. He believes ownership is important for protection in a side arm arms race, and in case of an oppressive government taking over. The irony of the latter is lost on most.

Keeladi: Indian-UK researchers recreate faces from 2,500-year-old skulls The skulls and other goods were found in massive burial urns near Keeladi in Tamil Nadu state.

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GCSE history is slightly higher with a noticeable jump for mid-range grades from 3-6.

Semi long-haired tuxedo cat named Cleopatra

Dilute calico named Demeter

More Classics-inspired names for equally gorgeous felines