Tag: History
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Memories of a call girl
Another repost today, I’m afraid. Time issues have left me needing to do more than three things at once, which, although being busy is fine, being busy also makes the time go faster… and having the feeling of not having enough time to start off with seems to exasperate the situation somewhat. Sigh. Never mind.…
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Une Minute Ramble: Étienne et Étienne
Just a quick post, this one.Yesterday, I wrote about my name in French class at school being Étienne. I wrote this as I had discovered that Étienne de Flacourt, Governor of Madagascar from 1648, may have been the only western person to have witnessed the huge Elephant Bird. I wrote it due to the coincidental…