Tractored Out, Childress County, Texas, 1938 by photographer Dorothea Lange #womensart

Gerda Taro, photographer who documented the Spanish Civil War, pictured on the Cordoba front, 1936. One of the 1st women to document the frontline in war, she was later killed in the conflict #womensart

Word of the day is ‘depooperit’, from 18th-century Scots: ‘enfeebled both mentally and physically’.

#HistMed #HistNursing

Word of the day (of course) is ‘scurryfunging’, from US dialect: the frantic attempt to tidy the house just before guests arrive.

On this day 1843, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is first published. “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”

On assisted dying & domestic violence: - 88% of “mercy” killers are male (& mercy killings are often very violent) - Men are overwhelmingly the survivors of “failed suicide pacts” - 76% of palliative care drs oppose change in law on assisted dying newsletter.carolinecriadoperez.com/p/they-just-...

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The sky just now. Buncrana Inishowen Co Donegal #WildAtlanticWay

Fabulous swim spot. Ned’s point. Inishowen Co Donegal #WildAtlanticWay #SawdaysTravel #KeepDiscovering