They catch food with their feet!

[venetia_sassy]

Definitely feeling better today. More alert and I didn't need to lie down at all!

But I didn't push it and kept myself quiet by reading Darwin and the Barnacle all day. A bit dense but very interesting. I'd read in other books about Darwin putting away his Origin of Species papers for eight years to study barnacles but I never knew why he did that. And having read this book, it now makes perfect sense! Also, while I still have zero interest in reading a book about barnacles, reading a book about why Darwin and others studied them does make them seem a good deal more intriguing - and relevant to Darwin's theories.

Good sleep tonight and I think (hope!) I'll be fine for Macbeth tomorrow ...

Comments

[melusina]

That's great news!

[turlough]

That's very good to hear.

I've never been particularly interested in Darwin but a couple of years ago when I read an article about the Beagle I got a sudden fierce longing for fic with Gerard as a the young Darwin and Bob as captain FitzRoy :-)

[venetia_sassy]

It's been a very uneven start to the year but at least there have been good days!

[venetia_sassy]

*pause* You do know how that ended for Fitzroy, yes? I don't do angst.

I can see 'Bob the captain and Gerard the enthusiastic and idealistic young scientist', though!

I've been trying to write a little fic (original or fanfic) for every non-fiction book I read ... I have some sailor!Bob/mapmaker!Mikey (iceberg dancing!)& naturalist!Gerard/explorer!Frank on the way. When I reread Evolution's Captain, I tried to see if I could write some captain!Bob/naturalist!Gerard ... didn't work but I did manage a little bit of Lieutenant!Bob/artist!Gerard which I think I'll post for Snowflake 10.

[turlough]

*wikis* Oh. No, I didn't know that. Stupid historical persons stomping all over our beautiful ideas!

[venetia_sassy]

It could make for a nice, angsty, I-should't-be-in-love-with-you fic though - but with a different ending!