History Matters
Almost everything we know about the world of antiquity, we only know because Charlemagne had everything he could find from the ancient world, the classical worlds of Greece & Rome, copied, over & over again. Charlemagne had copies distributed widely, throughout western Europe, at just the time they were needed.
The barbarians that had swept thru Europe, burned all the books they found, & did all the horrible things barbarians do when they sack & burn a civilisation to the ground. Enslaving the people, destroying as much as they could, of infrastructure, as we call it today.
Western Civilisation, was saved, kept out of reach of the barbarians, by acts like this of Charlemagne's, the preserving of knowledge in books, of langauges, songs remembered by the bards & passed down thru centuries of barbarian rule.
So, I like to thank Charlemagne, for this noble act of conservation. Without it, western civilisation in its 'modern' sense, may never have had the chance to exist.
Saturday, late afternoon, the remanants of a cup of coffee have gone cold, the fire is warm, making the room seem cosier than it would otherwise be. The rain is intermittent, but a downpour is sure to come. Got a stinker of a cold, so informed Deacon that unfortunately, I won't be attending service tomorrow.
Going to have a nice hot meal, of roast beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic & herbs, with a side of steamed savoy cabbage, done over the pan of pot's.
I think a hot bath and early bed, are definitely on the cards for tonight, I'll read until I can't, then I'll put out the light & go to sleep. I've got cocoa, so a big mug of steaming hot cocoa beteween exiting the bath & going to bed, will be a nice way to end the evening.
I hope you are well & remembering to live, as well as being the worker/fixer/boss/co-owner/whatever. We must be mindful of the welfare of others, at all times, at all times except when we need to put ourselves first, temporarily, when it's time to recharge ...
