Judy – belated sympathies on your recent bout of the cold (re. last post) amidst the incredible weather – I wont call it awful – because well, I’d rather have snow than deal with tornados, earthquakes and volcano eruptions…. into each life some *snow* must fall? And the pics spoke volumes!
Re. Jane Austen (this should rightly be posted in your previous post…:)) : I was so amused that you picked up on the dissonance that I too had felt subterraneously somewhere in my consciousness but never let surface until you mentioned it – that Jane’s getting laid up with a cold at Bingley’s seemed on the surface such an obvious writerly manipulation of events….until I too remembered what it was like growing up, and what it might have been like in less densely populated regions and times when getting from one place to another took effort, when disease and ill-health did not have such quick potent remedies…
So I heartily endorse your asking of dear Jane Austen an absolution of sorts for your temporary lapse in faith in her.
But there’s still a small matter that a 21st century Austen might rewrite – colds are not had from getting drenched in english rain :) – so who did Jane catch it from?
And for that matter you? How did you get your cold?
I have been working remotely from home for the past 3 years and rarely catch a cold, because I hardly step outside! If I do get to the city for a meeting or travel out of town, I can almost feel the assault of foreign particles – haha – into my system and make sure to wash and shower quickly – though I caught a recent study in Europe ( Sweden) I think where they found a strong correlation between lower allergy levels amongst children whose mothers handwashed their dishes (rather than used the dishwasher), likely re-confirmation that a little dirt and poor hygiene might help build immunity??…)
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