Naomi P

Is this what a cat halo looks like?

#Caturday #BlackCats

Moo.

#birds

I’m reading and enjoying a series of books by E.H. Lupton set in alternate 1969 Madison, Wisconsin. The series is called Wisconsin Gothic and has lots of weird magic and a queer romance. It’s got dark bits in it, but what do you expect from something called Wisconsin Gothic?

It’s got the feel of pre-Internet academia down pat (I grew up in that world), as well as libraries and archives.

It also feels like my parents are background characters in the book (see third post in thread below).

CWs in next post.

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A friend recently recommended *I’ll Have What He’s Having* by Adib Khorram. I’d thoroughly enjoyed it a while ago and so I decided to go see what other books he’s written. I’m definitely going to try his other romance novels, but look! Look!

A picture book about tea traditions around the world! I might have to buy this in hardback.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/719867/tea-is-love-by-adib-khorram-illustrated-by-hanna-cha/

Two goldfinches chasing each other and squabbling!

#BirdCallout

Good morning!

I dreamed there was a direct sequel to Goblin Emperor, and I was going to buy a box set of the duology. I even knew the title in my dream, but all I’m left with is wistfulness.

At least there’s tea in my mug. 🫖

Me, pretending to translate cat meows: I do not like your ideas and I don’t wish to subscribe to your newsletter!
Spouse: just as well, since she can’t read English.

Good morning!

It’s the season of blowing and drifting pollen, and also combing the cat produces enough shed fur to make a kitten.

Welcome spring!

I’ve just finished my tea and now it’s time to get ready for a walk.

🫖

Good morning!

The morning sunlight is coming through the windows at an angle that outlines the edges of things. It gives me a comfortable feeling. As does my morning tea! 🫖

Seen at Costco this morning:

#USpol

Good morning!

On the down side, I just had to call for a replacement debit card.
On the up side, I am fairly certain the card was lost in the house and my account isn’t missing money.

Now I am going to make more tea and snuggle the cat. 🫖

But the rabbit hole that sent me down is the list of other tool words formed with -el. Also from etymonline: “treadle, ladle, thimble, handle, spindle, girdle, whittle”.

Whittle is the one that interests me most:

from Middle English whittel (n.) "a knife," especially a large one (c. 1400), variant of thwittle (early 14c.), from Old English þwitan "to cut,"

So it was originally thwit + el, meaning a tool for cutting, and then became a term for a specific kind of cutting.

There are three -el suffixes in English; the others are defined here:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/-el

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Good morning!

Somehow it’s another Monday already. Time to drink this tea and get moving! 🫖

@Betty@fandom.ink

That’s an entirely different kettle of words:

mid-14c., cutellerie, "the cutler's craft, art or trade of knife-making," from Old French coutelerie "cutlery, knife-making" (13c., Modern French coutellerie) "cutting utensils," also "knife-making," from coutel "knife," from Latin cultellus (see cutlass). Meaning "knives and cutting utensils collectively" is from 1836.