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July 25, 2005
Invasion from the sea
Foam rested in the Sea's bed:
Swollen with wind, the deep played,
And the Welling Waves were washing
The awful heads of the war-ships.*
We saw this reproduction of an old Norse boat on the Detroit River yesterday. It was too far away to make out the heraldry on the shield.
*from the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlson, ca 1200.
Posted by jodi at July 25, 2005 01:11 PM | categories: general
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Hey Jodi,
I have you on my bloglines list! Thanks for stopping by my blog and welcoming me to RAOK. I am trying to find time to say hi to all the new RAOKer's. Thanks again!!!!
Posted by: Christine at July 25, 2005 08:20 PM
oh yeah, not a stalker, just haven't commented before...sorry :)
Posted by: Christine at July 25, 2005 08:20 PM
Snorri's Edda, cool!!
I like looking at your boat photo. If I squint really hard at the picture I can pretend it's not as hot as it really is here. :) I hope the insanity has calmed down a little for you!
Posted by: Rebecca at July 25, 2005 10:10 PM
Hee! Terry and I saw it too. And we couldn't figure out what the shields were either. It did get honked at by a very large tanker in passing.
Posted by: Kirsti at July 26, 2005 09:55 AM
Wow - what a cool thing to see unexpectedly. :)
Posted by: Mandy at July 26, 2005 05:01 PM
The other commenters fail to notice the implicit nod to how geeky we really are: if we could have made out the heraldry on the shield, we might have known whose it was.
Posted by: peter at July 27, 2005 02:19 PM