Quarantine social isolation day 206

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Quarantine social isolation day 206 Less Swampwalk, more block walk. Saw some lovely jack-o’-lantern shrooms seen on a quickie stroll to bring smoked salmon to our neighbor KU, a result of our getting the wrong farm box delivery. No chocolate covered pretzels pieces, and instead we got some bland crackers, spelt brick, and some assorted veg that were fine. Chitchatted with KU briefly, then continued on our way. Critters spotted, a flock of tiny songbirds, 2 squirrels, KUs window cat Birdie, a beautiful little gray cat with white socks and tail tip, who looked like a little tough guy. Additional, we might have a bird nest in in our front bush on the east corner. One neighbor is either a dog collector or a pet sitter, with 2 beagles, a white toy mutt, a chihuahua and a bulldog all running rowdy and barking as we walked past the fence. Good dogs, they went silent as we passed the property. Senior human walking a little long hair dachshund pooch, no mask, but had an illuminati tattoo on her neck. Blonde guy on another walk kept his distance too, also no mask. Autumn continues to slowly roll into the neighborhood, more crunchy yellow and brown leaves on the ground and the odd tree is showing a little red or gold too. For future ref- this is the week after the first 45|Biden debate, and then 45 was briefly hospitalized for covid-19. I will be interested in seeing what unfolds at the election in less than a month. Mrs and I sent our ballots in the day before yesterday, and please let my hopes triumph over my expectations. #walkies #streamofthought #bogsafari #ivoted🇺🇸

Turnip queen

Franz Xaver von Schonwerth collected all these fairytales and in the 2000′s they were discovered in an attic and published. Unlike the Grimm brothers, he did not edit anything. The Grimms deliberately edited the stories to fit middle class tastes – they also were trying to create a national identity with these tales as a touchstone.

Meanwhile von Schonwerth’s goal was documenting the Bavarian oral traditions – which is why he didn’t edit the stories in his notes. And the stories are weird and intense. Some have the classic “beginning middle end + moral” – some are just “here’s stuff that happened….” And some of the endings…you know that story about a weary soldier who performs three tasks and gets to marry the princess? In this book, the soldier is continually rejected by both the king and the princess, so he brings an army to burn down the entire castle with everyone inside. The end.

The other interesting thing is that while the Grimms tales had mostly female protagonists, Von Schonwerth’s have as many boys trying to escape nasty situations as girls. There are boys who cuddle up with frogs to discover that the frogs are princesses, there are boys called “King Goldenhair,” there are brothers fighting, and fathers sending sons out to stop being a burden on the family. In the introduction, Maria Tatar posits that the Grimms, having suffered from being orphans, may have avoided these types of stories. Anyway, if you like fairytales, The Turnip Princess book is worth the read.