#england arrivals

[rockpaperscissuhs]

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH + BAND OF BROTHERS:

JOSEPH "JOE" RAMIREZ

Born October 5th, 1921, in Nebraska

Died April 8th, 1988 (age 66), in Martinez, California

Joe Ramirez enlisted in September 1942 (age 20) in San Francisco, CA, and he trained with Easy Company at Toccoa. Holding the rank of Private, he served in Normandy, Holland, and Bastogne. He was hospitalized in January 1945, and discharged in July 1945. After the war, he was married for many years, and had children and grandchildren. When he passed away he was buried with his wife, who had passed away 11 years earlier. Further information about him is scarce, but the brief character profile in the Band of Brothers series bible describes him as Mexican-American, and his personality as "sensitive and nervous."

Appears in Episodes 1, 3-8, and 10; portrayed by actor Rene L. Moreno

Sources below

A million thanks to @bleedingcoffee42 for tracking down this info for me!

[pernillecfcw]

The girlies have arrived ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[cherrybudgie]

Shhh! 🤫

Little chicks are trying to sleep!

[immediatebreakfast]

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[wonder-worker]

"As for the government of the kingdom, [Edward V] had complete confidence in the peers of realm and the queen."

"According to the Crowland continuator, [Elizabeth Woodville] seems to have taken the king's place in listening to his council immediately after Edward IV's death. It does appear that she expected to have some role in her son's kingship, and the Crowland continuator’s report of the letters sent to her by [Richard of Gloucester] indicates that she had good reason to expect to be able to work with him and the other councillors: 'the duke of Gloucester wrote the most pleasant letters to console the queen; he promised to come and offer submission, fealty and all that was due from him to his lord and king, Edward V, the first-born son of his brother the dead king and the queen'."

"[However], in what was Gloucester's first coup, Edward V was separated from his household and Woodville advisors. When the young king questioned the move, Buckingham was reported to have told the boy 'It is not in the business of women but men to govern kingdoms'. The blunt remark referred to the authority of Elizabeth Woodville as queen and the power she must have anticipated within the new political climate left by Edward IV's sudden death [...] While the veracity of this scene is questionable*, the words attributed to the duke no doubt seemed plausible to Dominic Mancini who believed they exemplified the popular sentiment held by men [...]."

-Dominic Mancini, The Usurpation of Richard the Third / J.L. Laynesmith, The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503 / Alexander R. Brondarbit, Power Brokers and the Yorkist State, 1461-1485

*One of Mancini's key sources seems to have been Edward V's own doctor, John Argentine, who attended to him in the Tower. It's very likely that he was the one who recounted this scene to Mancini, which suggests that it should probably be considered more credible than not.

[chronotopes]

How do you get work assignments done while traveling??? On a train, no less! You don't need to actually answer if you don't want to, this is more an expression of awe. Alternative ask: What is something else that you are proud of yourself for doing recently?

LOL this is an extremely fair question. i'm not very good at doing personal creative work on a train, if i tell myself "i'll do creative writing on the train :)" (or plane, or whatever) i will inevitably find myself listening to music and staring out the window. however i think the fact that i'm kind of slaying work today has to do with the fact that a) i work just about ANYWHERE better than in my own apartment, where i live, b) lately the worst harm to my work has been done by 'getting tired and laying down', a hobby that is so enchanting that it can go on for hours and one which is not available to me on the train, and c) i'm just kind of fucking insane about traveling, especially the kind of traveling where i'm not the one doing the driving. the more steps the travel takes the more insane and kind of problematically energetic i get. i may have "not gotten very much sleep" but what i do have is the knowledge that i am taking the bus then the metro then the train to see a friend, and that fills me with a kind of weird intense motivation that i don't often experience in day to day situations

...it also helps that the stupid amtrak chairtable is more ergonomic than the dining table i have to work on at home or the tables in either of my local walkable coffee shops. which is more of an indictment of the dining table/coffee shops than praise of amtrak chairtables, but is worth noting as a factor nonetheless.

[cazzyf1]

Mon Ami Mate 💔

[whenthegoldrays]

It’s actually funny because in my limited experience with Elizabeth Gaskell, none of what you expected the book to be about is going to make an appearance til at least a third of the way through

[carcarrot]

my sweater is in new jersey :)

[trashiequeen]

HE'S HERE BABYYYYYYYY

[pernillecfcw]

COLE FUCKING PALMER YOU BEAUTY🥶🥶🥶🥶

[earl-grey-love]

I am so excited to write today!! 🥰🥰

[alexander-arnold66]

Was a very shit match but Kane and Trent's passes had me hopeful. Like how were half of them even possible. Trent came on and had more of an impact that any of the players already on the pitch.

[andaxay]

Iceland is unreal.

[bipeterparker]

hi guys hehe