Birds, Books, and Biking. A deep dive every Sunday, often into a place I've explored. Forays into the NJ Pine Barrens, forgotten historical sites, and interesting places around the world. Zero AI content. Zero fox given.
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If you have a sudden or intense headache, especially if it feels centered on one area, please seek medical attention immediately. Sorry to start off with a downer, but we lost a true originator this week, one of the pioneers of the synthwave music genre: Vincent Pierre Claude Belorgey, known as Kavinsky. He died suddenly at home, of what is believed to be a stroke. One of the perils of living…
The first Calypso is the nymph who feeds Odysseus lotus blossoms and keeps him from remembering his painful past, so that he will languish on her isle with her. It’s lonely and boring being immortal, can you blame her? That’s Zendaya as Athena. Cherlize Theron plays Calypso. We meet her early on in the latest film version of Homer’s The Odyssey , which was inspired by Emily Wilson’s wonderful…
Birds, Books, and Biking. A deep dive every Sunday, often into a place I've explored. Forays into the NJ Pine Barrens, forgotten historical sites, and interesting places around the world. Zero AI content. Zero fox given.
Robert Eggers is one of my favorite filmmakers; my introduction was with The Witch , a film that takes the written record of witchcraft and the known folklore as utter truth, and spins a story that is unforgettable as our modern sensitivities follow with belief suspended like a young witch slathered in flying ointment. His next is a similar take on the werewolf legends of Europe, and he is…
We had a brutally hot July fourth weekend, between mild times of cool and heavy thunderstorms, thanks to El Niño and climate change. But before the weather kept me under shade and in the pool, I managed a few outings to Black Run Preserve, and to Wissahickon park in Philadelphia with Philly Queer Birders. The group leader, Elise, has a great eye and ear for birds, and is a sniper with a laser…
Monster of a Land by Lauren Hough
And pollinators all over
Birds, Books, and Biking. A deep dive every Sunday, often into a place I've explored. Forays into the NJ Pine Barrens, forgotten historical sites, and interesting places around the world. Zero AI content. Zero fox given.
Monster of a Land, by Lauren Hough
Redstarts, a warbler, Eiders, and more
