Camus, quoted by Izzo:
The love we share with a city is often a secret love.
Current listening: Mavis Staples, One True Vine:
I can tell when something’s going on, And something’s going on. But some Holy Ghost keeps me hanging on…
A pleasant surprise after a looooong weekend of grading. Reading and writing: I’m easy to please.
The three little Octonauts. Enjoying this Halloween—undoubtedly the last one they’ll choose complementary costumes.
The three little Octonauts.
Lanchester on Scott, Suzman, & Civilization
More John Lanchester: his latest, a review (with wonderful cover image) of James C. Scott and James Suzman. Lanchester’s simple opening point: it’s worth considering the difference between science and technology, terms we think of as naturally and intrinsically linked.
October in Minnesota.
I love these three brave explorers.
This girl takes her sleep very seriously. #hermothersdaughter
New arrival!
On wrath, contemptuous smugness, and slower thinking: Alan Jacobs interviewed by Emma Green for the Atlantic.
Beautiful mist on the lake this morning.
Big leaf pile, beautiful day
The wonderful Andrew O’Hagen on literature vs. “the dark babble of social media."