Welcome to the first weekend of summer,
Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week:
In nineteenth-century Ireland, tea drinking could be a fashionable society ritual or hazardous to your health, depending on your social status.
“[I]f there’s anything I know about practicing it’s that it isn’t about rules or consistency …: it’s about coming back. A practice is built on the movement of return.”
During the early days of Hollywood, production companies released films in stages; first downtown in the largest cities, then in the suburbs, then in more rural areas. It could take two years for a film to make its way across the country. This kept costs down by ensuring only a few copies were needed at any time. This also contributed to the loss of most of the age’s films. Something like three-quarters of Hollywood’s golden age movies have been lost, most without a trace.
It’s 2023, and yes, you can still buy a physical 22-volume set of the Encyclopedia.
Currently reading: The Wandering Mind by Jamie Kreiner
Image credit: Spray of Sunflowers on a Stone Ledge. Roosenboom, Margaretha, (1843-1896).
