First, let me state something for the record. I do not believe in reincarnation.
But......if I did, I think I know what I might have been in a former life:
A monk in a scriptorium!
I came to this conclusion while working the crossword puzzle one morning. I spent hours in college hunched over a drafting table with pencil in hand (the same pencil that I still use to work the crossword each day) printing the alphabet. I still get a sense of satisfaction in filling the puzzle grid with neatly printed letters.
Give it some thought. Any ideas what you might have been?
- Kelly
- Making my way through the ups and downs of life, holding fast to my favorite Bible verse: "For we walk by faith, not by sight." ~2 Corinthians 5:7. I began blogging in earnest at Yahoo360 on October 24, 2005. (briefly using LiveJournal and blog-city prior to that) In June 2008 I moved to Blogger. I'm now at WordPress where I hope to remain.
9 comments:
Most definitely royalty. Probably a Queen or Princess. Or maybe even a Witch since I love herb gardening so much. :-)
Great post! Today's the first time I could access your blog all week!
Blessings,
Marion
OOH, a hard one, what would I have been? I'm trying desperately to think of something funny here. Perhaps then I would have been a (not very good) court jester in the palace of Queen Marion. Next life I'm coming back as a cat though, an elderly ladies cat, I'll sit by the fire all day being stroked behind the ears - bliss.
I was either a therapist or a teacher. It's also possible I was a master gardener.
Or I could have been a garden gnome. :)
If you ever want to read a book about a person who works in a scriptorium, I'd recommend "The Gargoyle."
And I don't think I've ever thought about this. Perhaps a princess? : )
Sounds like we have the beginnings of a story here: Queen Marion and Princess Jenners being entertained by Tracy the Jester. Then we have Pamel the garden gnome, I mean gardener in the courtyard! Meanwhile, I'm laboring away in the scriptorium.
Jenners - I've had that book on my shelf for quite some time. Perhaps I'll read it for RIP this year.
An Eraser!
Good thought provoking post!
J
It was weird but I even did my math homework in Ink. I just can't stand the way a pencil writes. But I'm learning to use them again!
John - I love using pencils, but I prefer mechanical with HB lead. You can fit into our story as the eraser in my scriptorium since I'll be using a pencil instead of ink. My manuscripts won't be illuminated.
Just call me ERASERHEAD!!!
You be the Monk--I'll be the Monk-ee!
:-)
J
the word verification: is berivess--rearrange and you get beries...sv?? I don't know what that means---but Berries????? pretty close to my post!
Quite possibly a teacher.
I don't believe in reincarnation
either.
Big hugs!
B xx
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