Catching up

[straniero]

We just finshed watching Henry VIII. Loved it. I just wish we had it on DVD so that I could have occasionally stopped the program to listen while elisabetta36, the art history major and historical fiction fan, provided context and answered my questions and helped me keep track of the intricate web of characters. Unfortunately there was no dead space in the

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[incus]

I can't remember the details, either. I can tell you the basics- how certain events in history relate to other events, how those events shape the present. I have to be content with that; at least it has to be enough so that I don't look stupid while trying to hold up a conversation with someone who has a head for dates, times, and other details.
I never retain jokes, either. I laugh at them (some of them are quite funny!), but they run through my consciousness as if through a sieve.
Some of us are supposed to draw spaceships and monsters instead. Or see ghosts. Or write stories. Some of us are supposed to remember the details for the rest of us.
Bless 'em. We sure need them.
So glad to see you here again, monkey.