Beech in a Vermont forest in late May—the leaves still have that baby-green color of spring.
Soviet joke: in rural village a teacher explains how to add fractions:"add the top parts to each other, and same for bottom parts". A comission comes from Moscow, is horrified and explains how to do it properly. The teacher tells the kids: the Party has decreed that we add fractions differently now.
@minczifra.bsky.social Andras, how I hope that Monday will be a happy day for you and so many of your compatriots!
The return of Dzerzhinsky into any form of respectability is disturbing, disgusting, and depressing.
Parasite, the 2019 Korean film, received huge acclaim among cinephiles. I finally watched it a few days ago. Because of all the enthusiastic praise, I expected to like it. I didn’t. I found it unpleasant. I don’t think I’m a total philistine, but I’m genuinely puzzled by its accolades.
While walking along a river yesterday, we stumbled upon some fresh beaver work. Here is a nice example. #Vermont
An excellent short short story by Nick Arvin!
open.substack.com/pub/nickarvi...
Just heard this one:
Two men sitting at the bar. "I'm writing a novel," says one. The other says: "And neither am I."
(Attributed to Peter Cook.)
A ten minute walk from my home. From Vermont looking at the sunset over Lake Champlain.
