I wrote about Paul Kingsnorth and the SCT.
I just discovered the World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts.
An oddity of musical recording: Records can sound quite different on CD & streaming & vinyl because they’re mastered differently for different media. That noted: the North Mississippi Allstars album Set Sail sounds better on vinyl than any record I’ve heard in a long time. It’s a terrific record, but the engineering is astonishing. If you’re gonna listen to just one song, make it “See the Moon.”
The nightmarish 1936 North American cold wave was soon followed by the nightmarish 1936 North American heat wave. California’s escape from both must have increased its desirability as a settling-place.
Silver pair-cased verge escapement watch with silver sun and moon dial by Humphry Adamson, London; from the Clockmakers’ Museum.
Angus is reassured by my return.
The bokeh on the iPhone camera’s Portrait mode looks just awful. But on the positive side, after a week in the North it’s nice to return to find that Spring has sprung in Waco.
The correspondence of Dorothy L. Sayers and … Ezra Pound.
