Monday, August 10, 2009

Friday Afternoon- Halfway to Educational

Friday afternoon, after Brigid and I took a break at a coffee shop, we high tailed it to the South African Museum (5R entry, 75 cents ish, stellar) with Sean and Michael. One of my professors (History of Medicine in the Making of Modern South Africa) recommended an exhibit there called ‘Subtle Thresholds’ on the history of human perceptions of disease. Completely fascinating. We also took this opportunity to play with the huge whale ribs (picture 2) and prehistoric models (picture 3).


This is what’s known as Cultural History of disease- more philosophical-mind-boggling than apply-twice-daily







Finally, while doing our usual picnic pot luck on my floor, we saw a gorgeous sunset. This is the view from my balcony.

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