The Catalan Atlas is a medieval map in the Catalan language, created in 1375.
Map credit: Abraham Cresques
This, the Lead Picture for Today, Friday, July 12, 2019, on the blog –
existentialautotrip.com
See ‘Thumbnail’ below for further description.
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Commentary
Friday, July 12, 2019
Another of Kali L’s guest commentaries.
Internet Enslavement
I think, why can’t you text me the picture of your hand
holding tea. Instead, you post it for your thousands of
followers. I want to be more than all of them. I think,
I am more than all of them.
I remember the way you bit my shoulder blade ripe
as the Bruins skated across your TV. I marvel at
how you fluff your pillows and change your sheets
so frequently.
Your friends whisper to me across a fire pit
He’s the nicest person you’ll ever meet
I agree. He warms a towel for me
after a shower. He tells me later, I love that
you showered here.
I can take anything and make it grow.
I can take anything and make it die.
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An Announcement
Friday, July 12, 2019
I’ve been working with the techies to understand hashtags, to expand the audience of the blog.
You’ll be seeing hashtags relating to existentialautotrip on the Social Media.
By the way, your sharing the blog with your followers and friends will obviously increase the readership. Obviously a good thing.
Thank you.
The hours are ticking away and if we don’t make the most of our time another day will soon click past.
Unnoticed.
Unappreciated.
Tick Tock.
In clock language:
Enjoy today.
Enjoy the week.
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Tracking Postings – Tracking Time
Friday, July 12, 2019
Our 462nd consecutive posting, committed to 5,000.
After 462 posts we’re at the 9.24 percentile of our commitment, that commitment a different way of marking the passage of time.
Posting always done by 6.00am the day of, but usually by 6pm of the night before.
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Weather
Friday, July 12, 2019
On this day Boston will enjoy warm temperatures, with a high of 84* and a feels-like of 90* with a risk of thundershowers.
The next days look splendid as well.
Eighties all with a lot of sun.
Anyone complaining?
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Chuckle of the Day:
Friday, July 12, 2019
Isaac Fleaglebaum's attorneys handled a jury trial in a tough business case.
The client was out of town when the jury came back with its decision.
The lead lawyer, a youngish-lawyer with a flair for prose, immediately emailed a note to his client saying "Justice Triumphed."
Mr. Fleaglebaum replied, "Appeal at once."
Love tuna salad, Italian style with lots of celery, evoo, and red onion.
Of course, great crusty bread.
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Dinner
Friday, July 12, 2019
Dinner Wednesday was a Tuna Fish Salad.
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Today’s Thumbnail
Friday, July 12, 2019
A detail of the Catalan Atlas by Cresques Abraham and his son Jehuda Cresques
Described as "the zenith of medieval map-work", it is the earliest known chart to use a compass rose.
A compass rose, sometimes called a windrose or Rose of the Winds, is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points.
It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is attributed to Abraham Cresques, a Jewish book illuminator described by a contemporary as a master of mappae mundi.
It has been in the royal library of France (now the Bibliothèque nationale de France) since the time of King Charles V.
The atlas originally consisted of six vellum leaves, each about 25.4 by 19.7 in, folded vertically and painted in various colours including gold and silver.
This picture is a montage of eight pages (four leaves) of the atlas, depicting Europe, northern Africa and Asia.
Going to NYC.
Will have a map with me.
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Good Morning on this Friday, the twelfth day of July, 2019
Our lead picture is on the Catalan Atlas and our Commentary goes over to Kali l.
We posted an announcement of our learning about hashtags
We posted the Boston weather report, the ticking calendar, and the growing number of posts as a calendar marker.
We posted a chuckle and a Tuna Fish dinner.
Finally, our Thumbnail added to the Catalan Atlas.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your love.