In 1944 A Kitten Named George (short For General Electric) Was Saved From Drowning By A U.S. Navy Crew

Evening Dress & Matching Spencer, c.1820

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Fantasy Guide to Addressing Nobility

It can be hard to remember how to properly address your noble or royal characters when writing a fantasy court. Here is a quick guide:

1. King/Queen:

Usually addressed as either “Your Grace” or “Your Majesty”. Consort (married to a ruler and not reigning in their own right) can be addressed the same. Sire or Madam can be used also.

2. Prince/Princess:

They are addressed as “Your Highness”. They are NEVER addressed the same as a King or Queen

3. Duke/Duchess:

These are addressed with “Your Grace”. This was a common term also used by royalty before Henry VIII got to big for his codpiece.

4. Earl (Count)/Countess:

Are almost never referred as the “Earl of Narnia” but “Lord Narnia”.

5. Lord/Lady:

An easy one. They are called “My Lord” or “My Lady”.

6. Emperor/Empress:

These may be equal to a King/Queen for status but the have a grander title. They are only addressed as “Your Imperial Highness/Majesty”

I hope this helps when writing your court or fantasy novel.

Fun little thing about medieval medicine.

So there’s this old German remedy for getting rid of boils. A mix of eggshells, egg whites, and sulfur rubbed into the boil while reciting the incantation and saying five Paternosters. And according to my prof’s friend (a doctor), it’s all very sensible. The eggshells abrade the skin so the sulfur can sink in and fry the boil. The egg white forms a flexible protective barrier. The incantation and prayers are important because you need to rub it in for a certain amount of time.

It’s easy to take the magic words as superstition, but they’re important.

• Drop-waist dress.

Designer: Castle, Irene

Date: 1920

Medium: Silk, lace.

sometimes i marvel at the fact that people actually tell me they’re intimidated by me or scared of me when i am??? the embodiment of this gif???? thats literally all i am

why afraid

Disney letter! I accidentally posted this on my England blog instead of here, oops, but I'm fixing it now. Okay so it's set in modern day, at least after the Soviet Union collapsed. The picture above is one that I took on vacation. --- Dear Pol, I wish you hadn't had that conference and could have come with me to Disney with America! She keeps talking about how she's sad I couldn't come here sooner but we soon stopped talking about that because it's a sore subject for both of us. All of us, really. But oh, Pol, it's amazing here! It's like magic! America took me to Epcot first. You know that big ball? I went inside the big ball! It talks about the history of the world and it's amazing. It took our pictures at the beginning and then used them to show us our future and it was so amusing. It didn't work right, and it only captured the image of part of America's hair, then my face, not my hair, and a lot of blue that was behind me, so there was a gap between my face and the blue. So a chunk of hair and my face with blue around it and no hair were traveling around space together on vacation. They also had countries! It was so fun because we got to poke fun at England and France and Canada but Canada made fun of her right back at her when we got to America. The two of them are closer than they show people. When the sun began to set we went over to the Magic Kingdom and oh my, Poland. Everything was lit up but the sun was still setting so everything was glowing and the castle in the distance was all blue and everything… it was magical, beautiful, amazing. I wish you could see it. You will some day, I swear. I need to head to bed. I'll send another email tomorrow, I promise! Yours, Liet

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The Tatler, England, October 2, 1907

I GOT MY CAP AND GOWN!

every now and then i have to think of the roman family from two thousand years ago that buried their little daughter in a boy’s athletic-themed sarcophagus and i weep a little because that’s the softest declaration of love i can possibly imagine