Currently reading: Reporting World War II: Library of America 📚
“A Humanism of the Abyss” — my essay on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Oliver Sacks’ Awakenings — is unpaywalled.
Robin Sloan wants me to ask “What do I want from the internet, anyway?” I’ve been thinking about that a lot and I’ve decided that I want it to be (a) distributed, (b) slow, and (c) reticent. (Which may not answer his question.)
Garden Path by Eric Ravilious (1934)
Finished reading: The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien. I’m wondering how many times I’ve read this book straight through – maybe twelve? Fifteen? Every reading is different. This time I was especially moved by Eowyn’s story. 📚
That ridiculous black tail
Our friend David Hooker is an amazing artist, and we’re so excited about this fabulous new pot we got from him.
Huge if true
Over at my Buy Me a Coffee page, I explain the new ways I’ll be using micro.blog.