Today's 'awesome book of the day' award goes to this book called "People of Peace at War." Today's set of books concern textiles, and this particular book is full of pictures showing how much this one textile mill is contributing to the WWII war effort. The pictures of the large-scale machinery in the first half of the book are breathtaking. The second half is filled with pictures of the textiles in action. Soldiers are shown sleeping in their bunks (woot, blankets), cleaning their guns (flannel - we knew it was good for something), and building planes ("cotton helps build the planes"). My favorite picture was one of all the factory workers' kids having naptime in the company daycare center. They are all adorable, and they all sleep the same way, turned on their sides with their hands placed palm-to-palm and tucked under their heads. Can you imagine being forced to sleep a certain way?
Another gem was a book on mercerisation - Sarah would find this exciting if she read my blog, but she doesn't. And I'm sure the rest of you (yeah, all two of you ^_^)don't know what the heck it is I'm talking about. If I had actually looked through it, I might actually know what it means. Anyway, I was excited. It made me think of men's socks and shopping at Downtown Crossing in the beautiful snow, and how lovely that all was, back during IAP (January), when I had time. Those were the days, hah!
- Flykyr Skysong
Current song: Thomas Datt - 2v2 (Robert Nickson Remix) (wheeeeee! :D)
Current mood: Amused
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