#mortals

Pauſe Mortal! and Contemplate the remains of Miſs Rebecca Cunnable. the amiable Daughter of Mr. Samuel Cunnable late of Barnardſton & Mrs. Rebecca his Wife who died Auguſt yᵉ 17ᵗʰ 1800 aged 13. If Sprightly youth or human tears [Or?] early piety could ſave Death had not thus cut ſhort her [years?] But [she?] will Triumph O’er the [Grave]

Photographed at North Vernon Cemetery in North Vernon, Vermont, in May 2026. It was the sort of somewhat-cloudy afternoon that’s ideal for driving through Vermont, and when you see thin old gravestones at the side of the road, you are obligated to stop and investigate.

Now one day Oak wants to learn magic and it's one of the hobbies Jude picked up when she was sitting bored in Elfhame as a child (a pack of cards, pulling a rabbit out of a hat, etc etc) so she says she can teach him, and she decides to demonstrate a magic trick on Cardan for Oak.

Jude: *spreads cards*

Cardan: ooo what's this?

Jude: pick a card, any card

Five seconds later

Cardan: BUT YOU SAID ANY CARD

my husbands have been mocking me incessantly for my inability to use mortal technology and i am too prideful to ask for their assistance

where does one find the uppercase button on the keyboard

After that I shall sleep, as it's custom for mortals to do that every 24 hour cycle.

(Sleep is somewhat of a temporary unconsciousness that energizes mortals from what I've learned)

Would you talk to the Sun?

What would you dare speak

to a being so magnetic and radiant,

so powerful and constant?

Should mere mortals challenge the gods,

severe as they are kind?

Has pride silenced wisdom,

leaving her naked in the street?

Has the Sun nothing better to do

than to embrace humanity

to give them life and light?

And did you bow your regal knee?

Did you say thank you and kiss his royal feet,

or just crumple your brow and curse the heat?

The Sun is steadfast and witnesses all human acts,

and yet continually shines—his love is not changed.

Though Homo sapiens hide in concrete and wood,

the rays of the Sun find us and hold us with grace.

One day, humankind will understand

that the God of the Sun always moved in love.