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Now rime, the son of rage, which art no kin to skill,And endless grief, which deads my life, yet knows not how to kill,Go seek that hapless tomb, which if ye hap to find,Salute the stones that keep the bones that held so good a mind.
Gold and precious stones were fashioned into beautiful jewelry, all of which indicates a high quality of life for the people.
The Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki, who spent three years on Princess Mononoke and is reported to have done 70 percent of its paintings himself, seems to work from the outside in: to begin with the curve of the earth, then the mossy hills, the watercolor foliage, the nubby stones, the whorls on the wood, the meticulous carvings on a teacup.
Life must have been pretty boring for the soldiers as many had the time to carve their names in the stones along the battlements.
The NYT's "Styles" section reports a new trend in parenting: the use of kids as social stepping stones.