Claire Petersky
February 6th 04, 04:08 PM
"Penny Gaines" > wrote in message
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> Do all boys go through this stage?
It may not just be boys. Rose definitely went through a Viking stage,
where she ran around the house in a plastic breastplate and helmet. She
removed the horns because they weren't historically authentic. The sword
was used, contrary to household rules, to settle disputes between
siblings, and had to be put away.
She has always been into Roman army stuff too. I always thought it was odd
to have a girl interested in Roman armor, armaments, and battle tactics.
To show her flexibility, she was Boudicca (who fought the Romans) for
Halloween in 2002 -- see here:
http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/Halloween02.html, with her armor and
"fur" leggings and arm bands.
Now she's a bit older, and she's interested in World War II. She finished
Stephan Ambrose's book, "Citizen Soldier" recently. She also has really
enjoyed the Lord of Rings (first in book form, and now all the movies) and
all its swordplay.
Boys seem to be more interested, though, in blood and guts and destruction
for their own sake. Rose, I don't think, has that sort of interest. She's
interested in how cool a sword looks, not whether or not it is jammed
through someone's viscera.
Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky
Home of the meditative cyclist:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm
New CD coming out this month! See: http://www.tiferet.net
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> Do all boys go through this stage?
It may not just be boys. Rose definitely went through a Viking stage,
where she ran around the house in a plastic breastplate and helmet. She
removed the horns because they weren't historically authentic. The sword
was used, contrary to household rules, to settle disputes between
siblings, and had to be put away.
She has always been into Roman army stuff too. I always thought it was odd
to have a girl interested in Roman armor, armaments, and battle tactics.
To show her flexibility, she was Boudicca (who fought the Romans) for
Halloween in 2002 -- see here:
http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/Halloween02.html, with her armor and
"fur" leggings and arm bands.
Now she's a bit older, and she's interested in World War II. She finished
Stephan Ambrose's book, "Citizen Soldier" recently. She also has really
enjoyed the Lord of Rings (first in book form, and now all the movies) and
all its swordplay.
Boys seem to be more interested, though, in blood and guts and destruction
for their own sake. Rose, I don't think, has that sort of interest. She's
interested in how cool a sword looks, not whether or not it is jammed
through someone's viscera.
Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky
Home of the meditative cyclist:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm
New CD coming out this month! See: http://www.tiferet.net
__________________________________
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