With the cold front that blew in yesterday morning we got out for a walk to the point then spent the rest of the day inside doing stuff and reading.
The same view on Saturday (left) and Sunday (right). A depressing dusting of snow.
My latest book was Justinian’s Flea. I thought it was going to be more about the Justinian Plague of the 540s C.E., but it was more of a history of the Roman Empire, changes in Europe and the Middle East. It also included a history of rats and fleas as well as the evolution of the bacterium that causes plague. Was it interesting – yes. Was I disappointed – yes. I wanted more on the plague itself. It had tons of annotations and footnotes with historical references. It was essentially a scholarly work on the fall of the Roam Empire and the emergence of European states.
More later, as today “appears” to be warmer than yesterday with a good chance of some migration.
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