A Disaster of a Day

This blog post represents how one might have spent their day in London during the 17th century.

My dear  friend Marianne,
       What an awful day I have had! I can't even begin to express my bad luck that I have had this Wednesday. First, I skipped breakfast as usual and was out and about early so I could go see an execution. I was so exited that I ran out the door and didnt realize I was stepping right into a pile of animal waste! I could not walk around smelling so foul! I changed me shoes and when I looked in the mirror one last time before I was out the door again, I realized that my face was conpletely broken out in a horrid red rash! My ceruse caused it so I had to wash it all off of my face. I looked like a tomato but I still went out because I couldn't miss the execution. So then I went to the execution and thats a whole other story. I wasfront row excited to see the execution of Richard Sherling. The chopped off his head and blood splattered all over my tight corsett. I had to go home an change! I decided to take a little boat ride with my husband down the river and of course that didn't go as planned either. It was hot out so I decided to put my hand in the water off the side of the boat. I didn't expect to be bitten be a fish! It hurt so bad I wanted to cry. Then, I was off to the hospital for blood letting. I felt as if I might have been disease by the fish so I wanted to get that blood from my finger out. Turns out i'm not really good with blood and I passed out right onto the floor! Whn I awoke my husband had his friends wife prepare me some boiled mutton and lobster with wine that I gobbled up. The food was delicious and the only good part of my day. Well anyways I just needed to tell someone about this disaster of a day! How are you doing on the other hand? How are the kids?

Your friend,
Julia

A Pilgrim Talk

This past week I have read chapters 5 and 6 of the book Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. I was reading this along with my other classmates so that when we all finished, we could have a literature circle discussion which would help us better understand the Pilgrims and their life when they came to America. There were four people in each group that were assigned different roles to look for and comment on different parts of the text. At the end, we woul discuss our roles and further discuss anything else form the chapters. The main idea or kepy topics that were in these two chapters were the struggles of the Pilgrims setting up at Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrim's relationship with the Native Americans. Chapter 5 starts out by mentioning many deaths of the settlers and the struggle of building houses and getting things done quickly with all of the diseases spreading. Then, the book turns and they meet the Wampanoags and it describes how they came to make peace with eachother and how they were helped by the Natives. I liked this book for learning puposes. I don't think I would go off and read this on my own but it was an easy to understand book that helped me learn more about the Pilgrims for class. I would reccomend this book to others wanting to learn about the Pilgrims coming to Plymouth Rock and people that just like to read about history. I wouldn't reccomend this book if someone is just looking for a good book to read. I found these two chapters to be very detailed and easy to understand. I owuld rate this book a 3 out of 5 stars just because it was good for the purpose of using it in class, but I wouldn't read it for enjoyment.