What a beautiful day it seems to be. I do believe I will feel cold on my arms and face when I step outside. The sun will help to lift my spirits further.

the book i'm reading is infuriating. Not unlike the persecution of European Jews. to have treated women, men, children, elderly as such....manacled...having to pay for your iron bracelets....having to pay for your trial and eventual execution...and, if there were no coins, the food is taken from your home...right in front of the remaining 2 or so family members, very young children, left unaccused at the moment. Dolls, known as poppets, ripped from the arms of 2 year old babies because they are used in spell casting, pinpricking to torment the foaming dervishes who've incited the frenzy. Women and teenaged girls bleeding on themselves, nothing to help clean or disguise the rusty stains left on their filthy garments. Lice attaching to your scalp not long after you've been shoved into a cell that holds 6, but is brimming with 15 and 20 accused...
The history of man is rust stained.