mumby road
  • Come on you Spurs

    The thing about an ugly win is that it's ... worth 3 points.Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's logo: a cockerel standing on a soccer ball ⚽
  • Jingle All the Way - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
    Album cover for 'Jingle All the Way,' a Christmas album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 🎶
  • Christmas Mail - Ted Kooser
    Cards in each mailbox,
angel, manger, star and lamb,
as the rural carrier,
driving the snowy roads,
hears from her bundles
the plaintive bleating of sheep,
the shuffle of sandals,
the clopping of camels.
At stop after stop,
she opens the little tin door
and places deep in the shadows
the shepherds and wise men,
the donkeys lank and weary,
the cow who chews and muses.
And from her Styrofoam cup,
white as a star and perched
on the dashboard, leading her
ever into the distance,
there is a hint of hazelnut,
and then a touch of myrrh.
  • We Three Kings - The Roches 1990
    Cover art depicting three camels for an album of Christmas songs by The Roches 🎶
  • A thought
    Generally, the world says, "Work first, and benefits come after." (E.g., exercise, then fitness.) That's good, because, even for bad work, anticipating the reward eases the pain. But if you must pay after, that looming bill taints the enjoyment of the thing enjoyed. (Of course, taking joy in the work is best of all.)
  • analog days
    A 2011 photo of the Library of Congress' card catalog (now digitized).
    Source: Dr. Amy Brady A 2011 photo of the enormous card catalog at the Library of Congress (now digitized).
  • I love John Prine
    The moon and stars / hang out in bars / just talkin' -- "Summer's End"
  • Brooke Smith is so tender in this scene
  • ewr (1923-2022)

    Old sepia-toned photo of a happy little girl in a wagon holding a parasol. Today, this little girl would have been 100 years old.

  • Keep the light on
    Porch light at dusk with pine trees in background silhouette

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  • Public Servant
    RIP, Sandra Day O'Connor
    Supreme Court Justice Sanda Day O'Connor in her judicial robes
  • You are what you eat
    David French: We’re misinformed not because the government is systematically lying or suppressing the truth. We’re misinformed because we like the misinformation we receive and are eager for more.... The market is very, very happy to provide us with all the misinformation we like. Algorithms recognize our preferences and serve up the next video or article that echoes or amplifies the themes of the first story we clicked.... It’s important to recognize that no person or movement is immune to the temptations of bespoke reality. We’re all vulnerable... That means following as many or more people who disagree with me as agree with me. That means reading the best and smartest people I can find who disagree with me. These practices help both challenge me and humanize my opponents.
  • My town in the Golden Hour

    Downtown Dallas, Texas USA

    Old Red Courthouse. A red stone Romanesque-style building. A mosaic sunburst on the facade of a downtown Dallas chapel. Downtown Dallas crosswalk with tall buildings behind. Early 1900s red brick low-story building with a glass-fronted skyscraper behind.
  • Hot Club by Marion Elliot

    Delightful Django (presumably) and friends by artist Marion Elliot, via the equally delightful Spitalfields Life. (Follow for many more treasures.)

    Illustration of 1930s Paris Jazz Guitarist by Marion Elliot.
  • Coaxing the last tomatoes from the vine 📷 🌱
    late season cherry tomatoes, red and green-going-to-red

    They taste better than they look. No surprise there, for “What’d life be without homegrown tomatoes?”

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