Swimming, Ice Cream, and Medieval Times
I was having some trouble lately with planning my third novel, so I went swimming. Writers, when in doubt and confusion: go for a swim. It clears everything up. Especially on hot, muggy days. Or you could try ice cream with a friend. That is also wonderfully effective. Especially if it is yogurt ice cream—not frozen yogurt (a scandalous excuse for dessert), but yogurt-flavored ice cream. It is my new obsession.
On an unrelated topic, here is an awesome podcast of This American Life in which a scholar named Michael Camille goes to Medieval Times. Thanks, Karl, for telling me about this. I was sad to learn, though, that Camille died in 2002. How did I not know this?! He was a scholar among scholars. He wrote all sorts of great stuff about imaginative doodles on medieval manuscripts. ”Doodles?” you ask. “Like what?”
Like this:
There are also funny doodles of birds poking people in the butt, but I can’t seem to find any of those online. I bet you never thought that someone could make a living writing about birds poking people in the butt, but Michael Camille did. Hats off to you, Professor Camille.
Always good to read about swimming, my ex was an olympic swimmer..
Can I ask though – how did you get this picked up and into google news?
Very impressive, is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?
Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..