The best of talk, said someone once, is shop talk: we can go to it as to a well. But manifolds and steering racks are going the way of the wells—offshore— Linda Gregerson, “Pajama Quotient” (2011)

Skunk cabbage are muppet-coded

I am hearing news of Roger Wieck's passing... his contributions and generous explanations have been so significant for so many people in multiple fields 💕

Clare Leighton, ca. 1954, oyster houses on Cape Cod 🦪 🎣

Clare Leighton’s prints are so good.

[Pokemon butterfly meme] Is this friction?

In Ohio cities and townships, proposed data centers are roiling otherwise sleepy public hearings and raising difficult questions about electricity, water, and noise. State lawmakers have noticed, and are starting to make proposals ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/12/o...

www.youtube.com/live/mCxUeoK... best osprey cam yet :)

One thing about being an elder millennial is how dramatically different the world is from what so many adults promised.

Collages of mown cypress knees ...

Graves and cypress knees at the Dayton (OH) VA

cheeky geese

The sign beneath the osprey nest: “we have a T. rex” #foundpoetry

"Whether you’re Persian or American or anything else, it’s objectively weird and sick to be gleeful about the destruction of innocent lives, and cities that hold some of the most beautiful achievements of mankind in art and architecture. This goes beyond geopolitics." x.com/megha_lilly/...

“Spes! answer me!!” David Jones (1895-1974) shouting at hope.

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I love how the icons remain unchanged amid the distinctive style of Polacco’s illustrations

They keep using as evidence of murder the fact that women are cleaning up the sometimes-horrifying mess of pregnancy loss.

Patricia Polacco, from “Rechenka’s Eggs”

Israeli and American airstrikes on Iran have caused significant damage to the Qajar-era Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the heart of Tehran.

More destruction of the cultural heritage in Iran. Chehel Sotun in Isfahan, dating back to the 17th c, a UNESCO World Heritage site sustained damage in the war.

C'est une des conséquences du conflit au #MoyenOrient : l'#Unesco alerte sur les risques de destructions et parle de sa profonde préoccupation concernant le patrimoine de cette région du monde. En #Iran, le patrimoine est aujourd'hui en péril

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the connection keeps timing out when I try to load the website for the National Museum of Iran.