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The garden is producing in overdrive right now. Our selling season isn't half over yet and the flowers are just bursting.
Found this short Reddit video of a “briefcase gun” from the 1970s.
This post went to Patronizers in July and to the public in August. Not a Patronizer? You could be! It’s 98F outside and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Settling into the new apartment continues. My master plan for a smaller...
A quote from Tom Middleton on pp.30-31 of Aphex Twin: A Disco Pogo Tribute– Saturday night we put on an event at The Bowgie. That would finish at 11 or 12, something ridiculous, really early, and then we’d get a genny and a marquee and...
In 1954, the New York Times gave Peter Gowland a title that followed him for the rest of his life: America's No. 1 Pin-Up Photographer. It wasn't just a flashy headline. Gowland spent more than six decades photographing some of the most...
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it's been a while since i last talked about my music setup and things have changed a bit. the music playermain benefits of owning a device specifically for listening to music for me are: it saves on battery life of my other devices it...
Terry Eagleton is usually a good read, and his LRB review (23 July 2026; archived) of Frank Callanan’s James Joyce: A Political Life has some interesting thoughts on Joyce’s relations with politics and modernism; he starts by explaining...
Lately I’ve been focused on reading and enjoying good books. It’s been relaxing and wholesome. That’s partly why I’ve written less for my blog in recent weeks. Reading long-form is a priority. It’s one of my three core habits or...
The Locke Family AssociationCenter Cemetery, Rye, New HampshireOn August 25, 1891 the descendants of John Locke (1627 - 1696) of Rye, New Hampshire gathered in the town hall for a family reunion. The next day was the 195th anniversary of...
Over on the Pivot to AI YouTube and podcast, we have an interview with Molly White, in which Molly follows the money! [YouTube; podcast] Molly already documents the crypto politics spending, and the same guys are funding AI politics...
This one is long, so get cozy and prepare to learn some things about nature with me. Lake Accotink through the trees Virtual Walking ChallengesI am part of two virtual walking challenges right now. I finally signed up for a Conqueror...
It is rare that I review a book before I finish it. Sometimes I do this with bad books that I have not completed — but that is what the Goodreads user base calls DNFing it, explicitly saying that I am not going to finish, and therefore...
“Can you… possibly… stop sharing duck?” he eventually asked in Chinese. The post Nanjing to Shenyang – A Chaotic Welcome to Northeast China first appeared on Correr Es Mi Destino.