Mae Walters
@medieval-coconut.bsky.social
Just a mom who cant stop thinking about the medieval Indian Ocean Trade
It looks like a Jim Henson creation
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
It looks like a Jim Henson creation
Haha, great caption. Its very lifelike for a mosaic
January 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Haha, great caption. Its very lifelike for a mosaic
Rosemary is savory and kind of…astringent?
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Rosemary is savory and kind of…astringent?
It’s called “the power converters” because Luke’s excuse to his uncle. He never does pick them up
December 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It’s called “the power converters” because Luke’s excuse to his uncle. He never does pick them up
He signs a petition to take Sauron’s autobiography out of the Shite’s schools. It’s controversial.
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
He signs a petition to take Sauron’s autobiography out of the Shite’s schools. It’s controversial.
I want to read more novellas bc most of my writing ideas are too big for short story but i dont wanna spend a year on it haha. How do you find them? I have only found them randomly
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I want to read more novellas bc most of my writing ideas are too big for short story but i dont wanna spend a year on it haha. How do you find them? I have only found them randomly
Good to know! I think Floating Life was 1700s maybe?
December 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Good to know! I think Floating Life was 1700s maybe?
He tells his wife she is too polite, reciting a proverb that politeness is insincere and she gets angry. They remind me of young professionals in toronto or something. Deep in debt for masters degrees and craving a cultured lifestyle they cant quite afford. Sadly Tang ppl dontwrite memoirs likethis
December 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
He tells his wife she is too polite, reciting a proverb that politeness is insincere and she gets angry. They remind me of young professionals in toronto or something. Deep in debt for masters degrees and craving a cultured lifestyle they cant quite afford. Sadly Tang ppl dontwrite memoirs likethis
They are gorgeous!
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
They are gorgeous!
Yaay! One more question: do you think the vibes of Records of a Floating Life would be kind of like gentry in late Tang early Song? Its waay later, but its a sweet memoir by a cultures young man of modest means who really loves his wife. He spends a lot of time thinking about flower arrangements…
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yaay! One more question: do you think the vibes of Records of a Floating Life would be kind of like gentry in late Tang early Song? Its waay later, but its a sweet memoir by a cultures young man of modest means who really loves his wife. He spends a lot of time thinking about flower arrangements…
I remember those!
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I remember those!
I just picked up a middle grade book about a beastologist who studies magical creatures. I’ll get back to you if i like it. What does your kiddo like about monsters? Is it pretending to be one? Have they seen the Sea Beast animated movie?
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I just picked up a middle grade book about a beastologist who studies magical creatures. I’ll get back to you if i like it. What does your kiddo like about monsters? Is it pretending to be one? Have they seen the Sea Beast animated movie?
In Europe the sea is a source of faraway wealth but for China everybody always came to them anyways, right? I was also wondering if there was a feeling/association of water with criminality? I havent read Water Margin but i have a book that says rivers and lakes in china were bandit hideouts
December 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In Europe the sea is a source of faraway wealth but for China everybody always came to them anyways, right? I was also wondering if there was a feeling/association of water with criminality? I havent read Water Margin but i have a book that says rivers and lakes in china were bandit hideouts
What’s inside?
December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What’s inside?
Hell, our govt medical insurance in the US shouldnt even be charging $3 for every copay to folks who livd off a poverty stipend from the same govt
December 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hell, our govt medical insurance in the US shouldnt even be charging $3 for every copay to folks who livd off a poverty stipend from the same govt
I had to turn down a promising story from someone who used AI art. Even if the writinis all yours dont waste my time on looking at things u didnt bother to make?
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I had to turn down a promising story from someone who used AI art. Even if the writinis all yours dont waste my time on looking at things u didnt bother to make?
My husband and I were wondering last night about why China avoided the sea so much. I feel it’s too tempting to say they had some “irrational” cultural prejudice about it. There must be a reasonable explanation? Prompted by your episode about the grand canal. Y not more competition from ships?
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My husband and I were wondering last night about why China avoided the sea so much. I feel it’s too tempting to say they had some “irrational” cultural prejudice about it. There must be a reasonable explanation? Prompted by your episode about the grand canal. Y not more competition from ships?
Maybe after she died he was sent to live with an uncle in Guangzhou? Or i could make him any random Jewish guy.
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Maybe after she died he was sent to live with an uncle in Guangzhou? Or i could make him any random Jewish guy.
If I chose more around 1100 though, the main character could be the son of Wuhsha, the female Cairo merchant and self made millionaire. She mentions him in her will (dated 1100). He hadnt started preschool yet because she sets aside money for a live in tutor to teach him Hebrew prayers.
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If I chose more around 1100 though, the main character could be the son of Wuhsha, the female Cairo merchant and self made millionaire. She mentions him in her will (dated 1100). He hadnt started preschool yet because she sets aside money for a live in tutor to teach him Hebrew prayers.
You’re the best!
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
You’re the best!
The foreign merchants have put the Guangzhou massacre of 890ish long behind them, but the Gengis Khan hasnt started yet. Maybe before the Crusades too, since after that Jewish merchants shifted to shorter more regional journeys. I’m thinking just a vibey short story
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The foreign merchants have put the Guangzhou massacre of 890ish long behind them, but the Gengis Khan hasnt started yet. Maybe before the Crusades too, since after that Jewish merchants shifted to shorter more regional journeys. I’m thinking just a vibey short story
True! I’m relying largely on the book Ethnic Identity in Tang China by Marc Abramson for prejudices and ways ppl assimilated to Han culture. My sources about Jews are more detailed for 11C, which is Song. Ballpark 900s-1100 is my imagined setting.
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
True! I’m relying largely on the book Ethnic Identity in Tang China by Marc Abramson for prejudices and ways ppl assimilated to Han culture. My sources about Jews are more detailed for 11C, which is Song. Ballpark 900s-1100 is my imagined setting.
In color! Yessss
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In color! Yessss
I have some good sources about Chinese stereotypes of barbarians and the foreign merchant communities. Do you recommend any of your podcast episodes related (perhaps tangentially) to this topic?
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I have some good sources about Chinese stereotypes of barbarians and the foreign merchant communities. Do you recommend any of your podcast episodes related (perhaps tangentially) to this topic?