We're having wonderful, sunny, early spring-like weather here; so nice and sunny that it's possible to open up windows during the day and enjoy fresh, if still cool, air a lot.
Non-weather-wise, it doesn't look quite as good: numbers of new infections are already on the rise again, which probably is due to the new virus variants getting more and more widespread. The really obnoxious thing about all this is that as of today, some more things are opening again. Hairdressers, for instance, but also garden shops and garden markets. Schools have returned to some state of openness all over the country (though of course every single one of our 16 federal states has its own rules, and its own schedule). There are debates about opening up more, and quickly - and I am quite concerned that we'll be up in the 300 incidence area soon if that is really done. (We might get there even if it's not done. I don't trust the current curve.)
Meanwhile, there's weird distrust towards the AstraZeneca vaccine. Which is... argh. Even if it is a bit less efficient than the mRNA types, it's still offering solid protection. However, since about no single place has its logistics properly managed, there's hundreds of thousands of doses sitting in fridges instead of getting jabbed into arms. Can I repeat? Argh. Especially since there's enough people who would be happy to get dosed with AZ straight away. My arm would be offered in a jiffy, too!
I really don't get why the stuff is not getting offered to people further down the priority line instead of sitting there. Really, if time is of the essence when vaccinating, if someone refuses, they can wait for however long it takes for them to get whatever they want to have as vaccine, but there should be enough people registered already that those doses can get out. May I repeat? Aargh.
Enough with the ranting for now, though - let me offer you some links, because what is better to take one's head off of current stupidities than old strings and old shit, right?
So here's a thousands-of-years-old ball of string.
Here's an article about dirt in medieval cities.
Or maybe take a look at the documents offered by the Shoe Museum in Lausanne, which include information about the footwear of Queen Aregonde.