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Victor Lee Austin, April 2, 2026: The resurrection of Jesus is the way God chose to …
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His books, especially House and Mountains Beyond Mountains (and to a lesser …
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My first job downstairs is to open the back door and get a big breath of fresh air - rain …
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First step in spring cleaning: shave off beard.
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This “almost” phase [of machine autonomy] isn’t a brief transition. It’s …
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Superbloom wildflowers Carrizo Plain National Monument, photographed by …
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The clearing rests in song and shade.
It is a creature made …
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Happy Birthday, Ry Cooder.
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I immensely enjoyed this 2017 article about Tanya Amyx Berry and her life in Kentucky …
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Planted about 70 nasturtium seeds around the backyard. I’m very late getting …
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He’s certain where he’s headed it’s too late.
West …
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Robert Pape, University of Chicago: Iran is not a palace dictatorship …
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There are moral and legal cases against Trump’s Iran attacks. But a purely …
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Sabbaths 1979 | Wendell Berry V How many have relinquished
Breath, in grief or …
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There are good arguments that Chapters 4 and 5 of P. G. Wodehouse’s Leave It to Psmith …
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There is joy
in all:
in the hair I brush each morning,
in the Cannon …
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Michael Wear, The Dispatch, February 8, 2026, This last decade of American politics cannot …
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As for “wild,” I now think the word is misused. The longer I have …
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One-hundred thirty-three years ago today, my dear grandmother was born. In 10 days, …
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COYS!
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If you want to jump in on the side of …
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Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for …
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The world is built on relationships, not leverage, and relationships …
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Other institutions – non-profits and for-profits alike – must …
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For Kolnai, however, what attracted the young to fascism was not so much …
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Celery is criminally underrated.
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I’m hopeful that
to save its own species, …
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My only point is that no one benefits from a political, never mind, a policy …
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Remember how after 9/11 Katha Pollitt told her 13-year-old daughter …
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The lies spewing from Kristi Noem’s mouth about the bullshit …
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Tom Friedman in the NYTimes makes an excellent point: Trump’s …
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From the NYTimes: “50 Years Ago, He Was an Olympian. At 80, He’s Just …
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15,051 days. Already off the website. 🤷♂️ Tomorrow to fresh woods, and …
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… Not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!
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The three lenses of opportunity cost: (1) Compared with what? (2) And …
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The attack on Pearl Harbor came 84 years ago today. We remember those who died that …
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My most played albums in 2025. A pretty typical assortment, I guess.
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This little girl would’ve been 102 years old today.
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Stoppard was the author of the greatest (imo) English-language play of the last 50 …
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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An up-to-date list from one of my first …
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We live in a world where violating taboos is monetizable and confers …
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Hamnet. Lots of ideas told in a happy, sad, and lovely story. Recommended for …
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Wonderful, from The Public Domain Review: Henri Rivière’s Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel …
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In the coffee shop,
I saw a customer reading a big thick book,
It looked serious, …
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… I am a small-government, traditional conservative who …
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Starting with The Crying of Lot 49; any thoughts before I get very far …
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Do you know Dust to Digital? Its Instagram feed of worldwide crowd-sourced musical …
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Hot in 1925: “Moonlight Memories” and “Oriental” - …
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Watched: Past Lives 🍿 Very tender. Excellent acting. I’ll remember it.
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They are waiting for me somewhere beyond Eden Rock:
My father, …
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I was going to say that my faith, like my doubt, mostly involves my mind and not my …
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Jonah Goldberg: The kinds of things one might …
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… the stars shone in their watches, and were glad;
he called them, …
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Who knew tarragon flowers? Not I.
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Fall is. It always comes round, with its lovely patience. If in the …
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Jill Lepore’s article in The Atlantic on originalism (it’s not great) …
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OK. Good, Ted. Dallas Morning News: “Ted Cruz says FCC chair …
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He quotes Wyndham Lewis, who said times like these, …
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Last week, I posted about the country’s need to recommit to the truth in the …
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“Reality TV” doesn’t care about reality, but about …
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If a business in a good neighborhood gets held up, everyone talks about it. But if a …
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I am continually awed (and frightened) by Hannah Arendt’s insights. …
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The passive acceptance of utter cruelty… has become the …
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Scientists just created spacetime crystals made of knotted light …
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The NYTimes has a superb article about Stephen Shore’s recent …
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You’re always giving, my therapist said.
You have to learn …
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Look at that sweet face.
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Spurs very solid v. City. Consistently in control. Great performance after a miserable …
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Last spring, I planted fennel plants, thinking they would produce bulbs. Not so. …
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Dolly Parton once noted that there were just three real female singers …
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Whatever you may think of Kevin Williamson (and I know many some of …
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Still, “Come on you Spurs!”
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MccGwire’s palette is ethically sourced feathers. …
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He’s my all-time favorite Tottenham player, …
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I’ve always loved songs with accordions, concertinas, Hammond B3s, etc. …
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I think this is good. Evokes Solzhenitsyn about how “the line …
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My contribution to the family fridge today.
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So much to love about this, from the title to the typeface to the barware …
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From Alan Jacobs (@ayjay): Yes, he has horns and a tail, and he’s …
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Sadly, squirrels decimated the tomato seedlings 2 months ago. But those that survived …
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Fifty years late, I’ve become a Blondie fan. No doubt, Debbie Harry’s sexy …
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Nick Cattogio, The Dispatch, “Boiling Frogs,” July 11, 2025: …
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King Rinkitink of Gilgad, by John R. Neill, from Rinkitink in Oz, by Frank L. Baum, 1916 …
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Betty’s Shack, Dallas TX, c.1940, Hayes Collection, Accession Number: …
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I doubt that soldiers on Omaha beach could ever have imagined they …
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May 30, 2025: #1: As Elon Musk entered President Trump’s orbit, he told people he …
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The Athletic: “Tottenham’s player of 2024-25: Pedro Porro – nobody gave them more” …
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Planting seeds
Inevitably
Changes my feelings
About rain
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from the Beatus Escorial
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I don’t usually win things, I always win things in my second year. – Ange Postecoglou ⚽
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Another thing I like about Micro.blog: by following a limited number of posters, I see …
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This painting hung in my mom and dad’s house for 60 years or more. …
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Joe’s Bakery, East Austin. Get the Migas con …
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Through their ever-flowing stream of messages, each offering a simulation …
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Good guys and bad guys in New Zealand. Catton’s deft …
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What’s the over/under on how long it will take Trump to take credit for an American pope?
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Just saw the first lightning bug of 2025. Hooray!
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Danielle Allen contra Curtis Yarvin: He gets his first principles wrong, so we have …
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Just a perfect day.
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According to this narrative, the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade in 1973 was …
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St. John’s Park Slope: wonderful!
Alleluia! The Lord is risen!
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Come close with Mary, …
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To the extent they can reasonably figure it out*, I’d like to see sellers include …
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The market system is …
Jonah Goldberg:
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He was the driving drummer who powered Blondie in the ’70s. Just …
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As Fraenkel explained it, a lawless …
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I made a sign that said, “Uphold the Rule of Law.” …
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Ange must go (regrettably). But, for pity’s sake, Levy, hire a …
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Some view Cory Booker as a guy who pulls stunts, but I urge you to watch the end of his …
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Tomatoes started from seed in the garage in January (under lights) went into the beds …
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Study - Hill Country in Summer
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Frederick Buechner remembers the summer of 1948 from his The Eyes of the Heart: a …
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I planted 200 of these suckers last November, and am so glad to see them coming up. God …
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WTF? Although non-citizens don’t enjoy full free-speech protections, they are …
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“Anora” – a movie about a sex worker and her client …
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Faith is not the absence of uncertainty. I’m a person of Christian …
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After many years, I may have stumbled on a sourdough …
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From Canon Victoria Heard of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas: As I walked down …
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@ayjay, quoting Ross Douthat on Paul Kingsnorth’s coming to Christian belief: …
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I was recently inducted as a new member of the Grandparents Club. Per the club …
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Fantasy readers, I highly recommend Victoria Goddard’s wonderful books. Her …
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Vis a vis the 2025 coup: Checks …
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Ringo Starr and Lucinda Williams need to record together. (And, not to put too fine a …
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Often, a highlight of my week is a new (to me) poem shared by …
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“Anybody who gets a chance to play with Garth Hudson, they’d be a fool not to. As …
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January 18 2025: Started tomato seeds inside today.
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From a trip to Half-Price Books.
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Rewatching, and loving, Ken Burns’ “Country Music,” …
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Of all the dangers to a nation as things exist in our day, there …
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Here’s a thoughtful and appreciative review of a new(!) album of all-new …
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Ted Gioia: Few things are more distressing than praise lavished on irredeemable ugliness. At …
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A couple of years ago, @ayjay’s Breaking Bread With the Dead. Today, Lewis …
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From the incomparable Spitalfields Life: a collector’s collection.
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Hard to imagine a sweeter time than the Sunday afternoon between Christmas and New Year …
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Russell Moore (italics mine): On the other side of the sword that cuts …
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Robert Herrick: The darling of …
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The Gospel tells us: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see …
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Inspired by Austin Kleon and hungry to make something, I went to tape and magazines and a …
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Lovely. As ever. (OK, a couple are overly bouncy. But I’ll gladly put up …
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Tietze Park - 15 Dec 2024, 10 am, Dallas, Texas
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When my wife is out of town, I often watch old movies. Tonight it’s Only …
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From 1854 to 1950: Wonderfulness from The …
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I don’t want people to kill insurance executives, and I don’t …
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We say, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” in one …
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In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high will break upon us …
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One of the worldviews that seems to appeal to the folks who are so excited …
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An Ultra High-Resolution ‘Snowflake Camera’ Captures the Extraordinary Details of Snow Crystals
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As impersonal systems play increasing roles in information-gathering and …
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Malcolm Guite is posting poems he’s collected in his Advent Anthology, Waiting on …
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I’ve posted about Trump’s unfitness for… well, anything. But how awful is …
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And we are thankful. Happy Turkey Day, friends!
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is the assaults on the truth of truth. The …
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Tottenham Hotspur have stormed into the …
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For 27 years, I took photographs as I waved good-bye and drove away from …
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If I ever open a pub, “The Dog and Water” might be in the running for a name. 🐶 …
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[W]e are … not going back to a world where there is a set of trusted …
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An imaginative conservatism should see in Scruton’s centring …
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Executive power is important, and we respect it. But it has to be done the right …
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Say, kids! Remember that old holiday, I think it was called …
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[I keep coming back to] the fundamental text that is “Why must we go on?” / “Because …
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… the narrative on which many of us …
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From my friend, Dan Wilson: … whatever the …
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I really love this pic from The Anonymous Project
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Jonah Goldberg: I think Fukuyama was right about liberal democratic …
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Great images and an interesting story. (Though the overwrought prose …
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I was talking today with Megan, who’s serving as a poll worker, and I …
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Tuxedo Cocktail #2. Approved.
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He … [thought] the hand of the state needed …
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… his lack of experience allowed him to rethink …
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… the bigger problem are the people from within. We …
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Paul Noth in The New Yorker. H/T @austinkleon.com
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It’s a big day in a boy’s life when he gets his very own Medicare card.
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It never seems like it in August, but there are upsides to gardening in a hot state. …
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Possible book plate for ““Ex Libris Jim Rain”; I like it, but I’m …
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I’ve become convinced that this election isn’t really about Harris and …
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Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts creator): Sometimes it is the very people who …
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… you might conclude that this country has a …
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(That’s Jupiter, I think.)
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Before Trump took his golden escalator ride, life was different. Then, even if …
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Luke, Chapter 15. Lost sheep, lost coin, lost boy. All wonderful. …
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A nice appreciation of Dallas’ Republic National Bank building. I enjoyed working …
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Well, I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt …
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Smilax (or bindweed or greenbrier, among many other names). It covers everything, and its …
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Micro.blogger Tottenham Hotspur fans (if any, besides @frjon and me), might take …
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It’s so fun to grow plants (in this case, Cosmos), from seed! Fun for the bees, …
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Sad memorial in the NYT. I loved liverwurst on rye with mustard and …
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Extraordinary people in arts, business, etc., can be so focused that their relationships …
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Loved the audiobook of Francis Spufford’s amazing novel, read by Andy Ingalls. …
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I am a huge fan of the lunch-size brown paper bag. (And not merely because of its …
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I think of …
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Will you, sometime, who have sought so long, and seek Still in the …
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“By never trusting, cynics never lose. They also never win. Refusing to trust …
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When I first sat with Wendell [Berry] to talk about educating farmers as farmers, he …
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Public Work is an image search engine that boasts 100,000 “copyright-free” images from …
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Capers are white people's fish sauce. Briny and salty and umamiful.
-- my daughter
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Yes, please. Some of that.
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A Trump win would play into …
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I'm not a vegetarian, but I eat animals who …
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Nobody seems to have language to …
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Photo: Constance Jaeggi (a tip of the Hatlo Hat to …
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If Trump ever used words to render reality, I never heard it.*
Heather Cox Richardson:
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Annie Dillard: “We’ve been on earth all these years and we …
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Around here, pre-July 4th is prime homegrown tomato time. (Beat the heat …
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I started making ths BLT a bit less than six months ago. (At least the “T”.)
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I hear you, but don't see you
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Talking about faith
A thesis: “When considering faith, it’s helpful to ask, ‘Is this right?’ or …
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Still Beautiful
Listening to “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” It’s been approximately 54 years since …
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Across the Alley in the Golden Hour
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Down by Law
We’ve long known that Donald Trump is a de facto criminal. Today, it’s de jure, too. …
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Stoppard
Tagging this “theater” hoping others will chime in. I’ve not studied contemporary …
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Grateful
Dallas got hit by 80 mph winds yesterday. Not surprisingly, lots of homes, ~630,000, lost power, …
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Late May at the Arboretum
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Albert Brooks on Writer's Block
Writing is solving one problem and then the next. It’s like building a house. Once you start, …
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Old Friends
Maybe not like bookends (per Paul Simon). Still, 54 years of friendship in this photo.
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Third Places
Micro.blog seems to be amazingly promising in creating an online “third place,” where a …
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How have I lived this long without knowing the greatness that is the sardine?
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While reading Annie Dillard, I wondered if she and Fred Buechner ever hung out. What a …
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Where've You Been All My Life
What explains my not having read Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek SOMETIME in the 50 …
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Triangle Bed, May Day
Coreopsis doing their thing; purple salvia spikes in the background.
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The Road
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The Good of Counting
BOSWELL. Sir Alexander Dick tells me, that he remembers having a thousand people in a year to dine …
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Walk with the Ol' Possum
So good](https://www.hilobrow.com/2023/01/08/dolly-enthusiasm-3/).
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RER
Eight years since my dad died. It’s so great when he’s in one of my dreams.
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Oak Leaf Hydrangea
More sweet life.
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Friday morning
What a delightful breakfast spot!
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I'm not a golfer, nor am I particularly a golf fan, but I grew up with Verne on the …
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My favorite Brooklynite.
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From a wonderfully illustrated review of a book of photographs by Ruth Orkin (1921-1985)
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My dad, cousin, and sister, circa 1990. (I’m guessing). I love this pic. …
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I’m sure many of you already follow Ted Gioia. But for those who …
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I’m really enjoying this audiobook of The Odyssey read by the actor, Anton Lesser. …
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RIP, Bob Edwards, host of NPR’s Morning Edition for almost 25 …
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Delightful Django (presumably) and friends by artist Marion Elliot, via …
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Edges of tropical storm at sunset. (No filters.)
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The Beach Balls have completed their winter migration!
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Cabora Drive Trail, Playa Vista, Los Angeles, CA🥾
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“Ya’ comin?”
Nicolas de Staël, 1954
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08 Apr 2024 - 1:42 pm
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Clouds dispersed …
Jesus, my brother,
Jesus, my maker,
Today, you paid my bills.
What can I …
A drink in his hand or …
Wet things smell stronger,
and I suppose his main …
Tragedy and Christianity are incommensurable,
he declared, which we’d …
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Howard Nemerov
Sparrows were feeding in …
In the …
Could any tiger
Drink martinis, smoke cigars,
And last …
Lee Harvey's, Dallas. Tx
(Two words, …
... has the sheer absurdity of so many hyperbolic Nazi …
Sunday in late December
calls for one, with a celery stalk
and …
Proclaim the holy birth
And praises sing to God the King …
Mr. Matuschek and Rudy are headed to Christmas Eve …
All day he’s shoveled green pine sawdust
out of the trailer truck into the …
The thing about an ugly win is that it's ... worth 3 points.
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Cards in each mailbox,
angel, manger, star and lamb,
as the rural …
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Source: Dr. Amy …
There is joy
in all:
in the hair I brush each morning,
in the …
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P.G. Wodehouse •
G.K. …
Quick now, come now
to where the veil grows thin,
where the border between …
Two Three games isn't much to go on. But, at least for those games, Spurs look like …
"so much depends upon a green chair beside the brick wall ... "
WCW kind of morning. 📷
1.0 mezcal (Del Maguey Vida)
0.5 dry vermouth (Dolin)
0.5 (or less) Cocchi …
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Jon Flaming (Am. 1962-), Peggy Sue BBQ, Dallas
(1) Affirmative action - yep.
(2) Student loans - yep.
(3) …
By strength and submission, has already …
Firstborn.
Miss …
My husband dreads the winter. Born
himself on the …
Elsworth Kelly, Austin
This, …
I can imagine someone who found
these fields …
Someone spoke to me last night,
told me the truth. Just a few words,
but I …
Russian propagandists do not need to wait to check facts or verify claims; …
Praise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in …
O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves,
Give me in due time, I …
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