Librarian, gardener. Here for books, nature, music, history (esp. seldom told), NFL, visual arts, New England, Ireland, Italy, France. Bring on the witty, the creative, the kind, and (of course) the cats.
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Highly recommend reading this post by book critic Ron Charles and subscribing to his substack.
Check out his personal library, now held in Morehouse College's "Martin Luther King Jr. Collection," and cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries. www.librarything.com/profile/Mart...
Before he was a myth, he was a student of sound.
@drshabazzz.bsky.social on who shaped Prince — and how those influences made Purple Rain possible.
cc: @uncpress.bsky.social
Press play and rethink the genius. 🎧
Share this with someone who still argues Prince vs. MJ.
Great article on Haiti’s team. Puts the players’ stories in the context of the history of Haiti, Haitian Americans, and Haitian French and describes how, even though the Haitian population in France is much smaller than in the U.S., there’s a better path there for developing their football talent
Absolutely hate balloons. Waste of energy and future litter. Great piece here outlining how many “just don’t think” of the environment when using them👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#BlackHistoryMonth is a great time to celebrate #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! 🧪🐡👩🏿🔬 #histsci She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the 🧵
The National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester from May 7 to 10 for its fourth year.
Nearly 280 filmmakers entered the Internet Archive's annual contest celebrating creative freedom without copyright restrictions. n.pr/45iSrw2
What makes a song feel alive?
Glen Hansard reflects on writing songs that have a beating heart, revisiting old material through performance, and why he burned his notebooks.
A conversation about letting go and moving forward.
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The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas." n.pr/4uO1S1f
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The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas."
From balloon arches at parties to mass balloon releases at funerals, these bits of floating rubber and plastic can have disastrous effects on wildlife. As some retailers are refusing to sell them, her...
