Typo? Or genuinely misunderstood phrase?
Sometimes, it doesn't really matter, because it's just too funny. For example, Character A heads down the "well-worm trail."
...the pathway leading to the annelid Lourdes?
In less whimsical matters, I've finished re-reading the Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery. Hoo-boy, those last couple of entries in volume five are killers. Still, it was interesting to me to read the whole series through again, and see bits and pieces from Montgomery's life which were polished and changed a little, and put into the books I'm still pretty fond of. It's also fascinating to see, through those journal entries, the vast changes in society, in technology, and in the world which occurred between 1876 and 1942. And it's heartbreaking to watch Montgomery and her husband suffering from depression in an age when treatment often consisted mostly of dosing with barbiturates and other sedatives. (Said treatment did not seem to be very effective.)
Now, I think I'll go and read some more fluffy and cheerful stories! Yay, fanfic!
Crossposted. See also http://xylohypha.dreamwidth.org/209977.html. Please feel free to comment here or there.
...the pathway leading to the annelid Lourdes?
In less whimsical matters, I've finished re-reading the Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery. Hoo-boy, those last couple of entries in volume five are killers. Still, it was interesting to me to read the whole series through again, and see bits and pieces from Montgomery's life which were polished and changed a little, and put into the books I'm still pretty fond of. It's also fascinating to see, through those journal entries, the vast changes in society, in technology, and in the world which occurred between 1876 and 1942. And it's heartbreaking to watch Montgomery and her husband suffering from depression in an age when treatment often consisted mostly of dosing with barbiturates and other sedatives. (Said treatment did not seem to be very effective.)
Now, I think I'll go and read some more fluffy and cheerful stories! Yay, fanfic!
Crossposted. See also http://xylohypha.dreamwidth.org/209977.html. Please feel free to comment here or there.