This was amazing. I love how you stitched a relevant historical anecdote along with your personal connection. It's a good reminder that we're not as separate from those in the past as we think ( in both good and bad ways).
My dream home when I was 12 was definitely influenced by how much fantasy and historical fiction I had been reading. It also involved being married to a Lord or a prince, of course. There was a castle. But, in my late twenties I cleaned houses for a living for a while and I decided, even though the castle dream had faded, that I in fact did not want to live in a castle because I did not want to clean a house that big.
Now I just want somewhere I can set up my books and be near my family. It's simpler, but I think it is much better.
Loved this.
Good to hear, Dan-
This was amazing. I love how you stitched a relevant historical anecdote along with your personal connection. It's a good reminder that we're not as separate from those in the past as we think ( in both good and bad ways).
My dream home when I was 12 was definitely influenced by how much fantasy and historical fiction I had been reading. It also involved being married to a Lord or a prince, of course. There was a castle. But, in my late twenties I cleaned houses for a living for a while and I decided, even though the castle dream had faded, that I in fact did not want to live in a castle because I did not want to clean a house that big.
Now I just want somewhere I can set up my books and be near my family. It's simpler, but I think it is much better.