Tara and Tyler, You Deserve a Book Deal
Dear Tara and Tyler, I don’t really know you. Sure, I went to high school with Tara, but its not like we were friends of the sort to keep in touch. But after following your beautiful, exciting adventures on your trip around the world — by bike, no less! — for months, I feel like I know you. Your blog (and, frankly, your whole website) are amazing. Thank you! — Celeste
Thomas Midgley, Hapless Destroyer of the Planet
I’m currently reading “Losing Our Cool,” by Stan Cox. So far, it’s a fascinating and data-heavy look at the history and impact of air conditioning on modern life. I’ll try and write a full review when I’m done (no promises), but this anecdote just cried out for sharing.
Proust and the Squid, a Rambling Review
I finished reading “Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain,” by Maryanne Wolf, last night. If you know me in ‘real life’ you might be surprised to hear that I just finished it; I have been talking about it for what now feels like months.
FOUND! Henry the Missing Caterpillar
Henry, our missing caterpillar, found a good spot to hang his hat.
Metamorphosis and Faulty Memories
I grew up in rural Illinois, with pretty amazing parents, and I spent a lot of time — and I do mean a lot of time — outside. Sure, there was playing in the lake and the creek, and there were garden chores and yard mowing, but there were also school projects and non-school educational projects. My favorite of these amateur naturalist activities, I think, was the leaf collection. But another project that I’d more or less forgotten about was watching caterpillars metamorphose. Until last week. Read more
Happy Birthday, Wendell Berry!
“Eating is inescapably an agricultural act, and how we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used.”
Sewing Project!
Tonight, I decided to make a diaper bag as the gift wrapping on a “Welcome to the World, Baby!” package for a young cousin. I’m proud enough of the results to share ‘em here.
