Thanks to borkali I have begun recieving the AEON Psyche newsletter. I have barely had a chance to explore but found this brief video just delightful… https://aeon.co/videos/two-strangers-forge-a-surprising-connection-as-they-climb-a-steep-lisbon-street
Author: JNaz
Just wanted to make sure all had a chance to see this. ❤
I found my way to this brief essay via LitHub and wanted to share it with all of you. There has been, and will be, so much written about her. This one is worth your attention. ❤
Cory Doctorow is usually referred to as a science fiction writer, but I think of him more as a prescient fiction writer. He takes a current trend or reality and extrapolates it out just a few years and, in doing so, shows us our probable or possible futures. They are often frightening, but always hold
Trapped in smoke – with so much of the west on fire – no sky, no stars, no distance. We are in a murky gray bubble, a smudged sphere, and I keep coming back to this piece I read in Orion magazine a few months ago. I have linked it here previously – Brilliant Forests,
I needed to read this book. I really did. Bregman takes up the long running conversation around whether humanity, as a species, is good or bad at the core. Are we evil, self serving, barbaric, held barely in check by the veneer of civilization? Or are we in fact motivated by grace, community, love? Bregman
I needed to laugh, so I decided to listen to this book again. A favorite book, which I first read a number of years ago and have reread and listened to since, it did the trick. It made me laugh and think, tear up and laugh some more. It tells the story of the end
My current pile. Of course, geologic forces could alter it at any time…
What to do with the first fresh Oregon strawberries of the season? Other than pop them into one’s mouth entire, of course. Make Strawberries and Cream cookies. Very tasty. Very rich. Very strawberry.
Wild arugula, french sorrel, spinach, fresh tarragon. Spring salad!
Seasonal Reading 