landing is mine again, originally uploaded by sparrowsfall.

scott kindly brought me an autographed copy of barbara tuchman’s a distant mirror: the calamitous 14th century. always a favorite book of mine–i can’t guess how many times i’ve read it before–i’ll be reading it again very shortly now.

a curious sort of ‘congratulations on your new daughter’s birth!’ sort of gift, which he pointed out. but considering, i think it’s apt.

de coucy the dog was named after enguerrend de coucy vii, whose career tuchman followed in this book.