CushionQuest redux

[ellid]

I just received the rental agreement on my apartment in Florence. Tomorrow it gets faxed out to the rental company.

My God. I'm actually doing it!

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[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

So, for recent friends, what's up? How long are you staying? Why are you going? What does Cushion Quest mean? Inquiring minds want to know!

[ellid.livejournal.com]

What I'm doing - see the little image in my icon? That's the oldest known piece of intact European patchwork, a little funerary cushion from a 1477 tomb in Impruneta, just south of Florence. I am going to Florence for a week in January to study the cushion, and then present my findings at the Kalamazoo International Medieval Studies Congress in May 2008.

I'm calling this CushionQuest 2008 because, as much as I'm looking forward to seeing Italy and as much art and culture as there is in Florence, I'm essentially spending a lot of money and taking a week to look at a pillow. A very special and rare pillow, but a pillow.

Yes. I'm insane....

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

I think it's WONDERFUL! What a great adventure! GO, you!