Welcome to Friday,
We’re officially in October, and I am enjoying the cooler temperatures of autumn. I’m even drinking a pumpkin spice latte as I write. Here is what I’d like to share this week:
“The feeling of fortuitous gratitude at coming across unexpected information is something most of us who’ve done any research, have experienced — that kismet of finding the perfect book, one spine away from the one that was sought.” – from “In Defense of Browsing”.
Impressive night photography of hedgehogs and foxes.
“Certainty is an illusion. Perfect safety is a mirage. Zero is always unattainable, except in the case of absolute zero where, as you remember, all motion and life itself stop.”
The history of the iconic New England Triple-Decker. While I’ve seen these houses on many a drive through Pennsylvania and Virginia, I had no idea the storied history they represent.
Mermaids and Tritons in the Age of Reason. How fascinating to watch the back and forth between belief and empiricism take place in newspapers and the letters of naturalists, philosophers, and scholars, all on the topic of merpeople!
Currently reading: Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan
Have a lovely weekend.
