Local mushroom showing off
Local mushroom showing off
I thought this rainbow at the Red Sox game was a sign we would beat the Yankees. I was wrong, but: nice rainbow.
This library ladder is so sinuously elegant
Absolutely gorgeous book of handmade paper
Like you, I’ve listened to Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” a thousand times and find it a delirious joy on each play, but I still heard for the first time so many bits of musical genius in this breakdown of the song by @kirkhamilton on @strongsongs
Whatever you do, do not challenge my sister’s dog to a staring contest
And lo it was in the year of our lord 2021 that one could finally swipe right to delete and left to archive in Apple Mail
I loved celebrating Eleanor Lurensky’s 95th birthday with her recently, and we are naming a nice reading space in our library after her (@Northeastern grad, 1947). She mentioned her RV travels, so I’m delighted to see her piece about this in the Wash Post.
A new season of my Humane Ingenuity newsletter begins with a deconstruction of the act of seeing, and the effort to find a more colorful world. Also, a data visualization of…metal band logos.
Cap and gown (and mask) are on for convocation @Northeastern — let’s do this
Curbside Boston is on brand this morning
Belle was wondering if it was too late to participate in #InternationalDogDay
At work we have a cabinet for ideas
Henri n’était pas mal à Boston
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I’m redesigning my website, and out of the thousands of WordPress themes, I just realized I picked the same one that @ayjay uses. Paging Carl Jung
We just toured 8 colleges in 12 days, and I can report that the state of higher ed is hot, and humid, and dehydrated
~ Ennio Morricone spaghetti western music ~
S/M/L
Insomnia has many causes, but I did not realize that “art in the woods” is one of them
Nice spot to write
There should be a power ballad about finding a great bookstore in a small town.
You look nice today, Lye Brook Falls, Vermont
This is what happens when your dog has five very long legs
This is my annual social media post kindly asking for recommendations of totally fun books, where “totally fun” == a work of any genre, that, while it may have deeper layers of meaning, does not require me, the reader, to attend to those layers, should I choose not to, thank you