old shoes and old roads

the internets are so wondrous in the things one can dredge up --- like "the world's oldest shoes," the one at left carbon-dated to 9,500 years ago ---- so one looks for the oldest leather shoe

and a view of this little unit, a copy of the gospels, buried with st. cuthbert on lindisfarne in the seventh century --- oh, i want to fondle it

otherewise i wasted the day polishing up three of the peachtree web pages after a dear friend took the time to "review and comment" --- working alone can be a problem for a middle child and someone with my numerous insecurities (which might or might not be redundant), so it's wonderful when one of the several who might promise to do so actually gives me some feedback  --- thanks, andrew