Jane Goodall on her 90th birthday: “When I look back over my life, I mean, my goodness, the coincidences that led me to the path where I am now were quite clearly points where I could have said yes or no. It depends whether you think there’s just this life or something beyond, I happen to think there’s something beyond. I feel I was born with a mission. Right now, that mission is to give people hope. So when I get exhausted, I look up there and say: ‘You put me in this position, you bloody well help me get through the evening.’”
Angus is so happy when his people come home.
An Easter present for me — author’s (or rather editor’s) copy. So beautifully made. The people at PUP are genuine masters of their crafts.
Here’s the second installment of my conversation with Phil Christman about Auden.
An astonishing carving that may stay in the U.K. — but the art’s the thing, this day, this week.
I talked with Phil Christman about Auden and especially The Shield of Achilles: here’s the first installment of that conversation.
Over at my Buy Me a Coffee page, I wrote about what I’ll be up to for the next few years.
Last post before returning to Lenten silence: I’m really honored to have a place in the new edition of my buddy Austin Kleon’s newsletter. Never thought of myself as someone who could generate text for posters, but maybe that’s my new thing!