Welcome to Friday,
As this post goes live, I will be visiting the beautiful and enchanting capital of the Czech Republic, Prague. I’ve spent the past month reading up on the history of the Kingdom of Bohemia, listening to Dvorak’s symphonies, and learning as much as I can about this “City of One Hundred Spires” so I can soak up as much of that history and personality as I can in just a few days.
As always, here are five interesting links from around the Internet:
A history of intentionally blank pages. Ensuring the reader they have a complete copy, making the book or pamphlet more aesthetically pleasing; simple assurance goes a long way.
“The Uses of Reading,” by Rudyard Kipling.
You’ve probably seen this by now, as it took the Internet by storm when it published a week ago, but I can’t not recommend Ted Gioia’s recent essay on how he has managed to read so much and so widely over his lifetime. (Hint – it involves making the time).
Making “housemaid’s coffee“.
“Wonder is where it starts, and though wonder is also where it ends, this is no futile path.” Wonder brings us back into harmony with nature, rather than standing apart from it in our individual human worlds. Herman Hesse on butterflies.
Currently reading: The Shortest History of Germany by James Hawes
Have a great weekend.
Image: Vienna, a View of the Church and Barracks in Mauer seen from Lange Gasse, by Carl Franz Michael Geyling. 1843. Austrian, 1814-1880.
