Really beautiful: youtube.com/watch
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5 Months of Yukon Wildlife in 5 Minutes
I don’t know how this ended up in my YouTube feed, but it’s really amazing: featuring the Bear Backscratch Tree youtube.com/watch
Friday Favorites: Blessed Machine–The First 50 Years
There was this nice older lady at my church growing up, Bea Eschelmann, and she told my mom a story once about when her immigrant mother got her first washing machine, she petted it and whispered reverently, “Bless-ed machine.” Thus, my mom used to occasionally bless some device that was saving her time in theContinue reading “Friday Favorites: Blessed Machine–The First 50 Years”
Letter of Recommendation: Burnt Sugar Meringues
These are fantastic. You can order them here.
Ceramics Saturdays: The Crocker Collection
You guys. I had no idea that for 15 years I’ve been living 2 hours from one of the biggest international ceramics collections, and the biggest collection of works from California kilns, in the U.S. True, I should have known, and the Internet would have happily informed me. But it was SO MUCH FUN toContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: The Crocker Collection”
Friday Favorites: Recent Photos
OK, a day late and likely a dollar short as well as these are all just iPhone photos from SOMA mushroom camp and other recent outings.
Living in…a Skye Croft House
I’ve wanted to live on the Isle of Skye since the first time I set foot on it back in 1993. It’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. I’ve revisited the island twice in the intervening years, and each time the pull of the place only intensified, like a kind of tide in myContinue reading “Living in…a Skye Croft House”
One-Minute Reviews
So, the bad news is I have COVID again (Hat Trick). The good news is (a) COVID has never been too mean to me and (b) I’ll be posting to the blog a lot more this week! Starting with super-fast reviews of a bunch of books and audiobooks I cleared over the holidays: Americanah, ChimamandaContinue reading “One-Minute Reviews”
Letter of Recommendation: Songs of Joy & Peace
I’m a little late with this one, but hey! There are still technically 2 days left to Christmas…. Yo-Yo Ma’s Songs of Joy & Peace is perfect for the season–festive and restful and not too Christmasy, for folks who are perhaps not as pro-Christmas as I am. The pieces are almost all collaborations and areContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Songs of Joy & Peace”
Merry Xmas from ATEEZ!
youtube.com/watch Yes, they have a new album out. No, it is not that great (though “Silver Light” is really beautiful). But this dance practice where they’re all dressed up as Mito the black moon rabbit (this year was the year of the rabbit in the lunar calendar) is super adorable and festive.
The Rookery 