katy, this was a brilliantly written + researched essay as always. i just adore your writing so much because i always learn so much from it—things i would have never known otherwise! your essay topics (and you) are a treasure.
Loved reading this piece-- I'm always learning things from you and smiling along the way. Your Kelleherian turns-of-phrase are awesome ("a key ingredient in many Chinese immortality elixirs, a practice that resulted in dozens of untimely deaths"), and thanks for the dropping in that sweet Titian caption.
PS. Am I the only one who got confused about cinnamon and cinnabar as a kid? I remember thinking it was some kind of candy : (
This is such a great comment, thank you. And yeah, I did think cinnamon and cinnabar were related! I also tended to think that poisoned candy would be a big problem in my life... so far, I've yet to encounter any
katy, this was a brilliantly written + researched essay as always. i just adore your writing so much because i always learn so much from it—things i would have never known otherwise! your essay topics (and you) are a treasure.
Loved reading this piece-- I'm always learning things from you and smiling along the way. Your Kelleherian turns-of-phrase are awesome ("a key ingredient in many Chinese immortality elixirs, a practice that resulted in dozens of untimely deaths"), and thanks for the dropping in that sweet Titian caption.
PS. Am I the only one who got confused about cinnamon and cinnabar as a kid? I remember thinking it was some kind of candy : (
This is such a great comment, thank you. And yeah, I did think cinnamon and cinnabar were related! I also tended to think that poisoned candy would be a big problem in my life... so far, I've yet to encounter any