The Ramblings of a MacGauffin
I write about Nordic folklore, horror in general, and (mostly) Nordic history.
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Oh, Death (opens the original)
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I want to apologize for my absence this summer. I had made many plans, writing, reading, renovating, but my mum ended up in hospital, so I spent the summer caring for her instead.Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.This has led me to think about how old age and dying are portrayed in (pop)culture. As a historian, death is very often talked about, but mostly through numbers. So and so many died during (insert
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