so, apparently it was a thing already in the 9th century?
“Aside from Christian literature and Biblical commentary, Sedulius held a passion for alcoholic beverages, especially beer. Sedulius liked the drink so much that he even wrote a lament to a small drought titled Nunc Viridant Segetes, or Drought in Spring. The poem ends with the line "Muse, ask our good father bishop: when do we drink again?"”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedulius…
(why did I end up on the wikipedia page of a monk from the 9th century?)
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •OTOH, from the same wikipedia trip, and possibly by the same author:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangur_B…
a poem about the author's cat.
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •I have an illustrated version of this poem, which always moves me when I read it to my daughter:
themarginalian.org/2016/04/11/…
The White Cat and the Monk: A Lovely 9th-Century Ode to the Joy of Uncompetitive Purposefulness, Newly Illustrated
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