Thanks a lot, Irene

[meirwen]

Well, I've read the "famed" (or is that "defamed") article. The book has to go back Friday, so I think I'll see if they've finally fixed the photocopiers and make a copy of it. Yes, it has problems, but I need to re-read it to make sure my problems with it are actually organic and not just inattention on my part

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[patrikia]

What's the article about?

I'm sorry we can't wave a magic wand and make everything else better. I am glad that the tree did not fall on any people, though.

Love you.

[meirwen]

Yes, I'm all about no broken people.

The article is "From Content to Form: Clothing in Mid-Twelfth Century Northern French Sculpture" by Janet Snyder in Encountering Medieval Textiles and Dress : Objects, Texts, Images (http://www.amazon.com/Encountering-Medieval-Textiles-Dress-Objects/dp/0312293771). I was asked to look at it, especially what some read as her claims regarding being able to identify fabric and construction techniques by looking at the statues. (Notice the heavy use of qualifiers I have included

[retiredmaj]

I understand, and I'm not being patronizing. Post-Pennsic punishment phase seems to have kicked in with a vengence...well pump and pressure tank or on the last legs, water heater is on the fritz (and it turns out it's an ridculously expensive type), and the cell phones are off as I chase the debt load. The new job lasted all of a week...great folks, great company...but they won't have any regular work until next March or April (assuming they win the contract).

The way out is still forward...even if it's hard to see the path at the moment.