Today we went to another restaurant and I ordered what turned to be another way to serve death by chocolate cake, on a warm plate to melt the creamy layers. If sins where a physical thing, that cake would be glutony incarnated… what a chocolatey delight! And now it’s time to go to sleep… night night lovelies!
Also: things were different in the times of your grandma’s grand-grandmother…
Miss Lou Graham (left) and her “knitting circle” from the White Chapel brothel in Seattle, 1889. It was the most exclusive brothel in the city and the picture is also interesting because of the context… those women were beautiful according to the standard of the era, which wouldn’t shift until the 1920s. Long curly hair, pale complexion, rosy cheeks, general softness of the face, thin lips and a well defined chin which curved towards the neck, bright eyes over a long nose delicately merging with the cheeks, that was the standard of beauty. Then it changed but prostitution was still a job with many faces and lots of misery on the opposite end of what these ladies achieved …
Probably dependent on the source of food, like meat or fish, or near sea. But to me it seems they would have to move a lot while hunting land animals, especially on steppes, where horses were grazing and were hunted.
Your great-great-great great-grandpa had stuff to sell!
Trade has been a part of human history for as long as there have been humans. It is a fundamental aspect of our social and economic development, and it has played a crucial role in shaping the world we live in today. The earliest forms of trade were likely based on barter, with people exchanging goods and services directly with one another. This type of trade was common in early agricultural societies, where people would trade surplus crops and livestock for other goods that they needed.
Evidence suggests that early hominids, even before the development of complex societies, engaged in rudimentary forms of exchange. This might have involved sharing food, tools, or other resources within and between small groups.
Surplous the Quick and Taxie the Rich walk to the market. c. 62,000 BCE.
As societies became more complex, trade also became more complex. The development of money and credit made it easier to trade goods and services over long distances. The development of agriculture and the creation of surpluses of food and other goods likely played a crucial role in the emergence of more formalized trade. With surplus resources, individuals and groups could specialize in certain activities and then trade their surplus for goods they lacked.
