Welcome to the weekend,
Here are five things I thought worth sharing.
Surprising lessons from three years working in an art gallery.
I’m particularly excited about this read. It’s the story behind one my favorite resources on the open web, Quote Investigator. Garson is doing great work, tracking down the earliest verifiable source of quotes floating around the Internet, and beyond.
On tricking, and un-tricking, oneself into reading.
“The most beautiful place on Earth.”
While reading Erik Larson’s Dead Wake last month, I went down a research rabbit hole looking at smoking rooms and writing rooms in homes and hotels and on ships. Here is more than you probably wanted to know about the smoking rooms of the Gilded Age.
Currently reading: The Notebook by Roland Allen
Have a creative weekend.
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