tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44900320857327054922024-02-25T14:27:26.575-06:00Dante's WardrobeAn Artist's Blog as a Cabinet of CuriositiesJ.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comBlogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-46429755812583299532023-11-20T17:16:00.000-06:002023-11-20T17:16:35.344-06:00A Box of Books for Readers Who Walk<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSNA4JHenkrz720HO7XLJfCC30xfCVez6jwjfXqGITmngloJ4AW0YwX62AjYGkZOAnthHSVd51VZM-8ngWtQq06gcegkHjlOzLsFDgrcMKtiwBFr1MwhE3bf4UMLDWgPwfUqcCR0jB3r9O0kZkhfyNNVBOSYv0lVUrgznVi4fSXxoya8LBErwsnhQYro/s450/stack%20of%20books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Several stacks of old hardcover books" border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="450" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSNA4JHenkrz720HO7XLJfCC30xfCVez6jwjfXqGITmngloJ4AW0YwX62AjYGkZOAnthHSVd51VZM-8ngWtQq06gcegkHjlOzLsFDgrcMKtiwBFr1MwhE3bf4UMLDWgPwfUqcCR0jB3r9O0kZkhfyNNVBOSYv0lVUrgznVi4fSXxoya8LBErwsnhQYro/w320-h213/stack%20of%20books.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>The so-called "Little Free Library" movement began in Wisconsin (USA) fourteen years ago. This from the Little Free Library website:<br /></p><p></p><blockquote>"<i>In 2009, Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin, built a model of a one room
schoolhouse. It was a tribute to his mother; she was a teacher who loved
to read. He filled it with books and put it on a post in his front
yard. His neighbors and friends loved it, so he built several more and
gave them away.</i>" [<a href="https://littlefreelibrary.org/about/history/" target="_blank">Link</a>]</blockquote><p></p><p>It's become something of a cottage industry. Unfortunately, from my perspective, the pricing model for the boxes themselves is often unreasonable, putting the notion out of reach for many. A typical street box sold on their site averages $350; this does not include the needed <span>installation materials (post, post topper, and installation hardware) or shipping.</span>* I've seen "artisan built" library boxes priced online at over $1000 (also not including shipping or installation supplies).<br /></p><p>My brother, Architect I call him on this blog, and I combined our design-and-build forces to create what I call a <i>wee free street library</i> for my neighborhood block.**</p><p>I combed local thrift stores and rummage sales to find a decent box. (Unlike Architect, I don't have the core building skills or tools to make one and did not want to trouble him with that.) After a few months I found what looked to have been a homemade wedding gift, a porch mailbox it seemed. Turned on one end, it seemed like something that could work. It's small, but usable (I ended up adding a small shelf for trade and mass market paperbacks.)<br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNa7p3ak_p_EEHbX0wp4lwNvT_Ta4pIBDnQUt-_Ow-HdDClp9jC6TyXOpbN8g-f7d4s7w1qzY5smZw34sGTcQLFDCRq1oIj3mmbloaEehkQ3vEZbhz0kKG7bic0FW5C8SaQGtD4va68mrkMNRAxt8S_OPSLDJET4hE-XQMwgU-EAwWZ18bYJrdzQqTIbU/s835/WFL%20Original%20Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Two images of a wooden box approximately 12" by 24". The names of two people have been carved into the side in cursive lettering. 1 pic shows the box closed, the other standing in edge with the door open." border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="835" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNa7p3ak_p_EEHbX0wp4lwNvT_Ta4pIBDnQUt-_Ow-HdDClp9jC6TyXOpbN8g-f7d4s7w1qzY5smZw34sGTcQLFDCRq1oIj3mmbloaEehkQ3vEZbhz0kKG7bic0FW5C8SaQGtD4va68mrkMNRAxt8S_OPSLDJET4hE-XQMwgU-EAwWZ18bYJrdzQqTIbU/w400-h191/WFL%20Original%20Box.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> I sketched some design ideas and sent them off to my brother. </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMtm7x0MKDLSoMOR0o89OjYY2QGlM9D97Mb4oSiklxjIm7uZ2gULwEAKPUVx5ruMtPbik2JXTT4gNidbRlePnMGA4oMUfn6yvwvHYcJZppuoKSuIZJttf1ye4cGhBF-Sn52NIxEWsMy8CVcINI9CBnLX5eSX1JOWjuLuGlAil8Jwm3loM0JWEbQoyCuk/s421/WFL%20Plans%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Inkpen sketches of several shapes for a proposed library box" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="421" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMtm7x0MKDLSoMOR0o89OjYY2QGlM9D97Mb4oSiklxjIm7uZ2gULwEAKPUVx5ruMtPbik2JXTT4gNidbRlePnMGA4oMUfn6yvwvHYcJZppuoKSuIZJttf1ye4cGhBF-Sn52NIxEWsMy8CVcINI9CBnLX5eSX1JOWjuLuGlAil8Jwm3loM0JWEbQoyCuk/w400-h380/WFL%20Plans%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />The more we thought about it, the more I wanted something simple that echoed the lines of our house. <br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSB_PPpyFpBYUVzypMaqp6SBb8OoKGRU39yt8Pu7-ejwgz_DerhPr2u078ayNW_xmjrmF_eEWRoV4Ri6eJv6Qv_xfupiQVMlYebFqG0EfTMmeRzFaqmm2zhAy8xl3xNMFeR07vHCWT6rvN-P3ZlYrDub_1ZqUQB4kRePRsBtM4LhXay9B2VChr_fauhYU/s1079/House%20Pic%20with%20plan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="3 pics: a small house with pale grey siding & several angled rooflines; a rough sketch of a library box with similar lines; & a closeup of the roofline of the library box in front of the main roof of the house" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1079" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSB_PPpyFpBYUVzypMaqp6SBb8OoKGRU39yt8Pu7-ejwgz_DerhPr2u078ayNW_xmjrmF_eEWRoV4Ri6eJv6Qv_xfupiQVMlYebFqG0EfTMmeRzFaqmm2zhAy8xl3xNMFeR07vHCWT6rvN-P3ZlYrDub_1ZqUQB4kRePRsBtM4LhXay9B2VChr_fauhYU/w640-h238/House%20Pic%20with%20plan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>The inspiration for this was the Little Free Library that Architect built for his neighborhood. Its design echoes the design of his own home—which he also designed and built.</p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtX8-P0rYrNf7VHifeLsgm4doDMYian6ACjR9-BYbPZ_MIsPQh5ptBa7WMwYsjvwyZy-KLTucnhMYmWQyAmD6g0hDprFiaK7foNk5e-z2ap4ipHFrNIn0UJDOi5FfQ0TA8NBeP266qX2_OxYr2Y_ZINHIdkZYbi7ELo-AfjZnRuQ5WKSHyiwPxvJyY6Q/s998/LHJ%20library%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="2 pics of the Little Free Library designed & built by Lou Host-Jablonski. Its lines, shape, & colors mirror that of his house, which can be seen in the background." border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="998" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtX8-P0rYrNf7VHifeLsgm4doDMYian6ACjR9-BYbPZ_MIsPQh5ptBa7WMwYsjvwyZy-KLTucnhMYmWQyAmD6g0hDprFiaK7foNk5e-z2ap4ipHFrNIn0UJDOi5FfQ0TA8NBeP266qX2_OxYr2Y_ZINHIdkZYbi7ELo-AfjZnRuQ5WKSHyiwPxvJyY6Q/w640-h256/LHJ%20library%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><br />Architect expanded on my second drawing by adding a more expansive roof, enlarging the door from my sketch, and using beadboard paneling to mimic the siding on our house. He also built the support platform and post then gave it all a layer of primer. Except for the beadboard and door hinge, all the materials were repurposed from Architect's wood shop supplies stash.<br /><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZ5LicTUXKIN0yumaMBfcCQ0MucmmDAyyuqDb3XxddqyK4R5qV2D5dHhJjRH9maZTgCDIlUrn6qLr6hMAireOzPcDl8ohn8l48eWQL20pW9PfdpIDS2eIgWkRz53sueLzfaXd0UqABUt_1dENGa1txh002MoJjhsJJi39I2Hkd5HTF9x28QCFifoLDkk/s795/WFL%20under%20construction.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="4 pics of our street library under construction shows the side bracing being attached, the beadboard siding, clamps holding the front door edge, & the initial assembly of the final box." border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="595" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZ5LicTUXKIN0yumaMBfcCQ0MucmmDAyyuqDb3XxddqyK4R5qV2D5dHhJjRH9maZTgCDIlUrn6qLr6hMAireOzPcDl8ohn8l48eWQL20pW9PfdpIDS2eIgWkRz53sueLzfaXd0UqABUt_1dENGa1txh002MoJjhsJJi39I2Hkd5HTF9x28QCFifoLDkk/w299-h400/WFL%20under%20construction.jpg" width="299" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>I spray-painted the exterior in a gray shade that mirrored our house, added some white trim, and painted the interior with a nice, deep blue.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujY3sphKjkDADz4BkIzYIynq2oXfAuj2qeprS7enrZ-CIo_K8VHSD41LaxERrdhpwXVKEjq_9hlT2gfFiL0-jveuVN69pnJVq9TONGpDPvV8XIHG0r40XHDOJZuXxYE8XQsRReE-hIuHix6VOXVT6ES13lYIHCIiyzzsw3IXT8so15sIdww3k7TL8hz8/s600/WFL%20Painting%20Progress%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Front & back pics of library box in a sunny backyard after its exterior & interior have been painted." border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="578" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujY3sphKjkDADz4BkIzYIynq2oXfAuj2qeprS7enrZ-CIo_K8VHSD41LaxERrdhpwXVKEjq_9hlT2gfFiL0-jveuVN69pnJVq9TONGpDPvV8XIHG0r40XHDOJZuXxYE8XQsRReE-hIuHix6VOXVT6ES13lYIHCIiyzzsw3IXT8so15sIdww3k7TL8hz8/w308-h320/WFL%20Painting%20Progress%202.png" width="308" /></a></div><br /> <br /></div><div></div><div>The roofing is cedar shakes, professionally applied! A neighbor was having his roof redone this summer. I bartered with the roofer: wee shingles in exchange for a homemade fruit pie and a volume from the reference book set, <i>Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction</i> (Salem Press, 2008). The shakes were also repurposed from another of the roofer's projects.<br /></div><div></div><div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRD0d0Bt4xtFyxykFH-Xf9ECfZ7TWrSbm1PqmuX99GPD816FEBTRJAmNw3cs4Ec5Zw_S0j-T4Ecy7W80LMedDtZ0hoHiF98-k50gBdOLnKwK1Sg5Jq9FJ6SCloFb1l-mdDt0iRJvLfASYbNyNXFSWbBcDg0fpfMtM-zZ8xTQi2dEcd2ZZ6BaivwM7txw/s865/Roofer%20&%20Roof.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="3 pics: roofer John-Neil sits next to the just-roofed library box; a closeup of his work on the cedar shakes; & the cover of one of the volumes of Critical Survey of Mystery & Detective Fiction." border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="865" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRD0d0Bt4xtFyxykFH-Xf9ECfZ7TWrSbm1PqmuX99GPD816FEBTRJAmNw3cs4Ec5Zw_S0j-T4Ecy7W80LMedDtZ0hoHiF98-k50gBdOLnKwK1Sg5Jq9FJ6SCloFb1l-mdDt0iRJvLfASYbNyNXFSWbBcDg0fpfMtM-zZ8xTQi2dEcd2ZZ6BaivwM7txw/w640-h296/Roofer%20&%20Roof.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />The final paint job matched the roof shingles to ours and added some signage to the door.<p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD032W935T6pWcQyi6NaJ7zyIafT39SRpWdRXLXUIKaSWheO2frjL-kiHJTYBbff1FZcECHm16FS4N9U0vU9_BS6iRxqQiF4fyJvSlMojfi2OnuE9avc3N6I-a-QiETIebxH4AXoEioMGvwjzuTFwPtWC_Hzp39c5eA1SuF3VNmN3DB2pk3s5sBrMbunY/s793/WFL%20Painting%20Progress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="3 pics: Library box with cedar shakes roof; the box after the shingles have been painted dark grey; & a view of the box with its door signage that reads "Hello Readers," "Take a Book," & "Leave a Book."" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="793" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD032W935T6pWcQyi6NaJ7zyIafT39SRpWdRXLXUIKaSWheO2frjL-kiHJTYBbff1FZcECHm16FS4N9U0vU9_BS6iRxqQiF4fyJvSlMojfi2OnuE9avc3N6I-a-QiETIebxH4AXoEioMGvwjzuTFwPtWC_Hzp39c5eA1SuF3VNmN3DB2pk3s5sBrMbunY/w640-h322/WFL%20Painting%20Progress.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />Architect kindly did the installation. We'd had the municipal utilities department mark the gas line for us—it runs right along the front sidewalk so we needed to be careful in terms of digging the post hole. I added a concrete stepping stone (left over from some backyard garden work) so passersby can access the book box more easily.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70d7pE25wFRoglRXH-mjUDPjaJwaKbM7qdgPXYNdAvm71bSeNLuQgx5Wpl3ggh9XzqDVG_E3sMo7reogoyjfyxWXK757_neeIsJ8NKEym2TJFNB3Xu4RHAMxf8tom8_So-fPp0Z2m2BmWQvz8_OjhztMK0oBhipdpXYzBGVW3ZqAIOoYZTBRD43RS3bs/s899/LHJ%20Post%20installation%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="3 pics: A man crouching down near a wheelbarrow filled with dirt. He hand-digs a hole in the ground. Middle pic shows the yellow spray-painted lines on the lawen indicating the location of buried gasline. Last pic shows same bearded man shoveling concrete mix from wheelbarrow into the post hole." border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="899" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70d7pE25wFRoglRXH-mjUDPjaJwaKbM7qdgPXYNdAvm71bSeNLuQgx5Wpl3ggh9XzqDVG_E3sMo7reogoyjfyxWXK757_neeIsJ8NKEym2TJFNB3Xu4RHAMxf8tom8_So-fPp0Z2m2BmWQvz8_OjhztMK0oBhipdpXYzBGVW3ZqAIOoYZTBRD43RS3bs/w640-h284/LHJ%20Post%20installation%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The final view with the first titles! (We've already had some children's books added by a friendly someone.) <br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CnSb8hGO01po0SZgGKclvcNu7qHDjxEeL__biKfGE9NNkyuifx2ITkHMjaMQEezMGRrDeDFSFTMSIOa1lQEMFAMgnMI-C_NBnyAuZAkRTI0NMggT5BRFNFG1ApD2rWi_3_jeKbnrQhu-NuXFmN_f6HU8lhyphenhyphenPf7_m1pRl5m4VR-7_YMDkecJRCQfyLSI/s883/WFL%20Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="3 pics: Left is a view of the new street library in front of the house whose design it mirrors. The middle pic is a closeup of the first set of books being offered: a mix of fiction, mysteries, non-fiction, sports, a children's book, & two magazines." border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="883" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CnSb8hGO01po0SZgGKclvcNu7qHDjxEeL__biKfGE9NNkyuifx2ITkHMjaMQEezMGRrDeDFSFTMSIOa1lQEMFAMgnMI-C_NBnyAuZAkRTI0NMggT5BRFNFG1ApD2rWi_3_jeKbnrQhu-NuXFmN_f6HU8lhyphenhyphenPf7_m1pRl5m4VR-7_YMDkecJRCQfyLSI/w640-h290/WFL%20Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> And two sweet notes: </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>When opening the front blinds yesterday morning I saw a white-haired gent take a book out. He looked at it, smiled, and held it close to his chest as he walked away. (It was a paperback copy of Dickens' <i>The Pickwick Papers</i>.)<br /><br /></li><li>When we were putting the post in, a neighbor lady from a few blocks over walked by. I told her what we were doing and she smiled a very happy smile. "Oh good," she said, "now <i><b>we</b></i> have one!" (The next nearest street library is 5 blocks away.) <br /></li></ul> <br />Such a lovely sense of communal friendship and fun right from the start.<br /></div><div><p><i> <br /></i></p><p><i>Note</i>: Architect is indeed an architect. His firm has specialized in "<span class="bodyB"><span class="style32"><i>sustainable and socially conscious architecture since 1972</i>." See<a href="https://youtu.be/f1SY-QkzAA4?feature=shared" target="_blank"> this slideshow<b> </b></a></span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/f1SY-QkzAA4?feature=shared" target="_blank">lecture</a> for the Wright Design Series in Madison, Wisconsin in which he (Lou Host-Jablonski) describes <a href="http://designcoalition.org/index.htm" target="_blank">Design Coalition</a>'s mission and work over the past 4+ decades.</p><p></p><p>___________________________________________<br /> <br />* The LFL website does have an FAQ which suggests that they are aware of the $ issue: "<a href="https://littlefreelibrary.org/faqs/#45712" role="link"><i>I can’t build a library or afford one of yours, what do I do?</i></a>" Included is <a href="https://littlefreelibrary.org/little-free-libraries-shoestring-budget/" target="_blank">this link to a more DIY approach</a>--though their tone is a tad condescending—they refer to those folks as having "the odds ... stacked against you."</p><p>** The name <i>Little Free Library</i> is trademarked, though not the idea as far as I can tell. See the LFL FAQ for more info: <a href="https://littlefreelibrary.org/faqs/#282" role="link"><i>"Does Little Free Library Ltd have a trademark on the phrase “Little Free Library”</i>?</a> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><b>Photo Credits</b></p><p>Stacks of old books: <span class="rTNyH RZQOk BYUog">Ed Robertson via Unsplash. Book cover from Amazon. All other images by J.A. Jablonski or Lou Host-Jablonski. <br /></span></p><p><span class="rTNyH RZQOk BYUog"> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">© J.A. Jablonski 2023. All rights reserved.</span><br /> </p><p></p></div>J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-33302253623409564332022-12-19T11:54:00.001-06:002022-12-19T11:54:46.693-06:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G1o_2aYawO73CMzQM4o0M5mvA1JRvaXBOzIwIas5DaDqdaLx8DUgzFdVAz11pS2gfhC_xT8umoHpNKlMoDpR7F7GyNMCtUdmxjVjanAJSZhFQwirfb7FUpxl-mqj1lKEC4iA41Oor-mdqLDm10lySNLba2AasaaykLDXnMTP6fGNYCdrHWfAAaHj/s1080/png_20221219_074927_0000.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Small holiday tree with lights and ornaments. Beneath is portrait of a smiling man and woman. The entire image is framed by a blue night sky backdrop with clipart images of snowflakes of varied sizes." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G1o_2aYawO73CMzQM4o0M5mvA1JRvaXBOzIwIas5DaDqdaLx8DUgzFdVAz11pS2gfhC_xT8umoHpNKlMoDpR7F7GyNMCtUdmxjVjanAJSZhFQwirfb7FUpxl-mqj1lKEC4iA41Oor-mdqLDm10lySNLba2AasaaykLDXnMTP6fGNYCdrHWfAAaHj/w400-h400/png_20221219_074927_0000.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"><span style="font-size: medium;">Best wishes of the season to all! ✨</span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"><br />A difficult year here but a creative one. Looking forward to 2023: writing, sewing, drawing, painting, & building. <br /><br />Will report on my writing at my author blog: <a href="https://jajablonski.com/" target="_blank">J.A. Jablonski.com</a> and on all of the 3-dimensional work here on my art blog, Dante's Wardrobe. Please join me!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdq8eVYIS3S0cH446NUPbbgILJ6zZGf7dq3pUQI_15BUNFJ5S2_A_TnB-bjBteKQvirxyiZecL1SpBbb8lviW3L2s0QE6yNN83lhoE6KTjmQyrGC7UqME-bnrPxQ6OhKtFfTfGj9ezC8ErnZOdND2KBZOTyAZt-hTQvs8lqVBEeJwTM1FoJUzBqCN/s1080/Yule%20post%202022%202a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="3 images of a wooden street library under construction. The entire images are framed by a blue night sky backdrop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdq8eVYIS3S0cH446NUPbbgILJ6zZGf7dq3pUQI_15BUNFJ5S2_A_TnB-bjBteKQvirxyiZecL1SpBbb8lviW3L2s0QE6yNN83lhoE6KTjmQyrGC7UqME-bnrPxQ6OhKtFfTfGj9ezC8ErnZOdND2KBZOTyAZt-hTQvs8lqVBEeJwTM1FoJUzBqCN/w400-h400/Yule%20post%202022%202a.jpg" title="Street Library" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_THKy85yUu-hIba5aOCpvqkcXCtaFDwB2KkAhPQgYzoxXDeMFSm0oxISQjXXs5RzjstJeV7-ody6Ig0UWVUX1NJpg4JhUeTMkHOKYrxoMgpS5Y4y_FFrRKsCnKSLd70FjNUuIA_VzDRnGUNsLZlUzahcrvsXO41pI7OOR22wTlPK_Ufx8X8VV2Xd/s1080/Yule%20post%202022%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sample widths of brightly colored cotton fabric. The entire image is framed by a blue night sky backdrop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1075" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_THKy85yUu-hIba5aOCpvqkcXCtaFDwB2KkAhPQgYzoxXDeMFSm0oxISQjXXs5RzjstJeV7-ody6Ig0UWVUX1NJpg4JhUeTMkHOKYrxoMgpS5Y4y_FFrRKsCnKSLd70FjNUuIA_VzDRnGUNsLZlUzahcrvsXO41pI7OOR22wTlPK_Ufx8X8VV2Xd/w399-h400/Yule%20post%202022%203.jpg" title="Duvet" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqqqpPGPtrhXu_6qjdn8QIyxXRvR9jGTy75TDN855PHFwCvzIv7HHxNqF2RGuEO4VKnzcnteOXUzp07k_QSAwuu6hynzhHczZ2ni1-u46_RmW0gV6PTdsH3ejkhQPUWq6Wf2sKTg4SwEe6QAd1Y1hd_mdI1staKHNIgADfac9B_I2yieFgH2boXI2/s1080/Yule%20post%202022%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A collection of drawings and colored prints on an artists table. All are of tango dancers from various historical eras. The entire image is framed by a blue night sky backdrop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1075" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqqqpPGPtrhXu_6qjdn8QIyxXRvR9jGTy75TDN855PHFwCvzIv7HHxNqF2RGuEO4VKnzcnteOXUzp07k_QSAwuu6hynzhHczZ2ni1-u46_RmW0gV6PTdsH3ejkhQPUWq6Wf2sKTg4SwEe6QAd1Y1hd_mdI1staKHNIgADfac9B_I2yieFgH2boXI2/w399-h400/Yule%20post%202022%204.jpg" title="Tango Poster" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvA2vju8AEm6QEiBZire8UYeo5mt48jRjTIAdE4CEvsW9gu2Jc-EuKxfmisM7RBVhD_tZnbJXBKzC5BOuHwIv6jVR_w93L4x01NJgMtYlpH4xK3lHWaHD182DjN0hiu39fkzYip3bWOSW0ejkp7_XklnmKNPsXAd1C_T2lOh6oRDFZRvJ16BysVBcs/s1080/Yule%20post%202022%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="An old treadle sewing machine cabinet updated to hold a modern-made non-electric sewing machine. The entire image is framed by a blue night sky backdrop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1075" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvA2vju8AEm6QEiBZire8UYeo5mt48jRjTIAdE4CEvsW9gu2Jc-EuKxfmisM7RBVhD_tZnbJXBKzC5BOuHwIv6jVR_w93L4x01NJgMtYlpH4xK3lHWaHD182DjN0hiu39fkzYip3bWOSW0ejkp7_XklnmKNPsXAd1C_T2lOh6oRDFZRvJ16BysVBcs/w399-h400/Yule%20post%202022%205.jpg" title="Treadle Sewing Machine" width="399" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></div><br /><p></p>J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-43086643230115862022021-11-23T10:53:00.001-06:002021-11-23T10:53:19.301-06:00Mirror, Mirror - A New Website While Still Making Here<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jajablonski.com/home" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Against a backdrop image of pine trees silhouetted against a starry night sky are 4 rectangular images: top box text reads "J.A. Jablonski Writer." Three same sized boxes below are identified as "Writings - Professional" "Writings - Mystery" and "Writings - SF & Magical Realism." The website URL is posted at the bottom: jajablonski.com" border="0" data-original-height="1820" data-original-width="1820" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYXwY6d5SRUzEpOg1MGvoUb_ryMhfrvpjLWoalcXN5axZsClw0Um3uxOKHfqtWffFaQOKZ6FNm_0hnbPv2AFgJ-RYOSoatyl7V11Egc4pFJa6_R-raglcVLBPIvmQ9nmSCPLy22hZxVbg/w400-h400/Website+Promo+3.jpg" title="Announcement Poster for new website" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br />Today I launched my author website. It's been a very long time in the making. Not the website specifically, though that was it's own adventure. I speak of my latest incarnation as an author.<br /></p><p>The bulk of my writing has been professional, much of it in-house or published under institutional or organizational bylines.</p><p>
While my <a href="https://www.proquest.com/openview/8a93d93b5d5c222a648abc3744964e41/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y" rel="noopener" target="_blank" title="Conceptualizing the field of library and information studies: The perspective of LIS faculty and LIS practitioners in the United States">doctoral dissertation</a> and this artist blog, <a href="https://danteswardrobe.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank" title="Dante's Wardrobe"><em>Dante’s Wardrobe</em> </a>have my name on it, many other publications do not. I was the co-lead and major content provider for <a href="https://apus.libanswers.com/writing/faq/160473" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Writing@APUS</a>,
the author of user manuals and technical presentation guides for a
major professional and scientific organization and several universities,
the promotional writer and designer for an alternative health care
provider and a singer-songwriter, a guest blogger for an academic
marketing site, and the creator of scholarly book and journal indexes. And I have taught in both the humanities and social sciences, having written the syllabi, lectures, video tutorials and text-based instructionals for undergrad, master's, and doctoral courses in professional and academic writing,
science fiction and fantasy literature, information organization, and
database indexing.</p><p>But I've been a storyteller/maker for as long as I can remember.
Telling and making go hand-in-hand; in part, because my
family are all natural storytellers who are also creatively talented,
e.g., fine artists, wood crafters, writers, urban planners,
calligraphers, automotive repair and paint artists, photographers, and
clothing, costume, theater set designers. I myself have been a graphic
designer, award-winning display window and exhibits designer, fictional
letter writer, live-action role playing actor, theater designer and
seamstress/sewist.</p>
<p>I am currently writing in three different genres (mystery, speculative
SF, and magical realism) while trying to still keep one foot in the
academic scene by researching material culture in utopian fiction. My
pronouns are she/her/them/they; my honorifics are Dr/Ms/Mx.</p><p>Going forward, I will use this blog to report on my artistic work and interests. The <i>Cool Books</i> series will transfer to <a href="https://jajablonski.com/blog/" target="_blank">my author blog</a> under the new title of <i>Book Thoughts</i>. <br /><br />I am so excited to be launching into this new work and thinking space. I hope you will visit me in both. </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://jajablonski.com" target="_blank"><b>J.A. JABLONSKI - WRITER </b></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGGv8WUbgRkeHjYdZB4iiwxRJyu9u-Yl8PXs1VeUTNYJ2WCcrteAUCJoqdvVDssFtyBoamWKh-6IGEOkUcC_jxIFWvUo58dMhLw_WL36Bvde_aFp1dUr0OPwfm16_hxAd2bAdxzVc40s/s1080/Hello+Hand.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGGv8WUbgRkeHjYdZB4iiwxRJyu9u-Yl8PXs1VeUTNYJ2WCcrteAUCJoqdvVDssFtyBoamWKh-6IGEOkUcC_jxIFWvUo58dMhLw_WL36Bvde_aFp1dUr0OPwfm16_hxAd2bAdxzVc40s/s320/Hello+Hand.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p> </p>J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-82206186859515647782021-07-01T14:18:00.025-05:002021-11-23T11:21:47.390-06:00Cool Book: Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMFZy5ejuuEJOdeq024c6jw0FbeU-IAGedQDA6ewdHQcr532FIacMACjWGzpJs6iC-kkePS0oTGETThkb1HKEKoLEhMqROg0DvTm4X_jz3BkITqcXlCdhiCcuRZggafCZgEz2jOXumC4/s1114/KJ+Charles+Will+Darling+Trilogy+covers.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cover art for the Will Darling Adventures trilogy by K.J. Charles" border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="1114" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMFZy5ejuuEJOdeq024c6jw0FbeU-IAGedQDA6ewdHQcr532FIacMACjWGzpJs6iC-kkePS0oTGETThkb1HKEKoLEhMqROg0DvTm4X_jz3BkITqcXlCdhiCcuRZggafCZgEz2jOXumC4/w572-h268/KJ+Charles+Will+Darling+Trilogy+covers.png" title="Cover art for the Will Darling Adventures trilogy by K.J. Charles" width="572" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Will Darling Adventures</i> by <a href="https://kjcharleswriter.com/" target="_blank">K.J. Charles</a><br />Cover Art by <a href="https://www.tiferetdesign.com/">Tiferet Design</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My review of KJ Charles' <i>Will Darling Adventures</i> has been updated and moved to my author website: J.A. Jablonski. You can link to it here:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jajablonski.com/2021/08/16/kj-charles-will-darling-pt1/" target="_blank">KJ Charles | The Will Darling Adventures | Pt. 1</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jajablonski.com/2021/08/16/kj-charles-will-darling-pt2/" target="_blank">KJ Charles | The Will Darling Adventures | Pt. 2</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div>J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-39317538434259718322021-02-18T07:34:00.002-06:002021-02-18T07:48:10.383-06:00Sequestering Arts - The Wind Chill Edition<div><p> </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWb89k6qyuINsSXhXAqqM3Y5DDxMyvsAbKcjTvL4D4kV9fl7htTeQM6lxhyphenhyphenX1hzUDfrvVaiiecTBnenXELrTWj4QbADaCTuAizIBQGIXkjINhYw7C7QkwNMHZARwkjsOFWRI7tfzHt7Y/s2048/IMG_20210131_152219165.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Orange snow shovel standing against concrete stairs to house with shoveled sidewalk and deep snow" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWb89k6qyuINsSXhXAqqM3Y5DDxMyvsAbKcjTvL4D4kV9fl7htTeQM6lxhyphenhyphenX1hzUDfrvVaiiecTBnenXELrTWj4QbADaCTuAizIBQGIXkjINhYw7C7QkwNMHZARwkjsOFWRI7tfzHt7Y/w240-h320/IMG_20210131_152219165.jpg" title="Orange snow shovel standing against concrete stairs to house with shoveled sidewalk and deep snow" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My sidewalk after only the <i>first</i> snowstorm!</span></span> <br /></div><div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Sequestering Arts | About this intermittent series </b><br /> <br /> With the world in lockdown due to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html">Covid-19 </a>(<-- link to the CDC info site), many people are struggling, practically, emotionally, and creatively. As a long-time creative & librarian I thought I might be able to help by doing what I do best: finding/sharing information. My goal is to provide links to interesting, comforting, & creative online resources that you can explore & enjoy while home- or place-bound. For other posts in this series, <a href="http://danteswardrobe.blogspot.com/search/label/sequestering" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br /><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* * * * * * * * *<br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After 3 snowstorms in a week followed by subzero wind chill temps here in the Upper Midwest & the other winter storms around the U.S. causing much difficulty & stress, well I wondered if we might all need some cheering and comfort. Here are some links to various things.<br /><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be good, be kind, and stay warm!</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">THEATER | THEATRE | OPERA</span><br /></b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The Metropolitan Opera (NY)</b><br />[From the TimeOut website] "The Metropolitan Opera<span> </span><a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-metropolitan-opera-is-canceling-all-its-fall-performances-060120">has closed its doors though at least September 2021</a>,
but the great New York opera house continues to lift the spirits of
opera lovers around the world with free nightly streams of complete
productions from its archives. Most of the offerings were originally
recorded with multiple cameras in high definition to be shown in movie
theaters as part of the company's popular<span> </span><i>Live in HD</i><span> </span>series.Each opera goes live on<span> </span><a href="https://www.metopera.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Met's website</a><span> </span>at 7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT) and remains there until 6:30pm EST the next evening. The operas can also be viewed with the <a href="https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/Learn-More/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Met Opera on Demand app</a> on various devices."
<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Stars in the House <br /></b>[From the TimeOut website] "<b></b>Daily 8pm EST / 1am GMT <b>|</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b> </b>Showtune savant and SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky (</span><a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/disaster-1"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Disaster!</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)
and his husband, producer James Wesley, are the animating forces behind
this ambitious and very entertaining series, in which they play host to
theater stars in live, chatty interviews interspersed with clips and
songs. Dr. Jon LaPook, the chief medical correspondent for CBS News,
provides periodic updates on public health, and surprise virtual
visitors are common. Donations benefit the Actors Fund. You can find a <a href="https://www.starsinthehouse.com/schedule" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">schedule of guests here</a>."<br /><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Disney Cruise Line's <i>Frozen, a Musical Spectacular | </i></b>The cruise hour-long version.
| YouTube | RunTime 1:03.18<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/BgL3vp8bEK0">https://youtu.be/BgL3vp8bEK0</a><br />[From video description] "
<span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">This time we’re bringing the world of Arendelle into your homes with a virtual watch party of our Broadway-style stage production, “Frozen, A Musical Spectacular.”</span>"<br /><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Sadler's Wells Digital Stage (London)</b><br /><a href="https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2020/sadlers-wells-digital-stage/">https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2020/sadlers-wells-digital-stage/</a><br />[From their website] "Sadler’s Wells presents a programme of full-length dance performances,
films and workshops online, to keep you entertained and connected
through dance, wherever you are in the world."
<br /><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b><i>Good Dog</i> (play) | </b>
Based on Arinzé Kene's hit play | A new, shortened, screen version | YouTube | Runtime: 19:11<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/T9K_QH3p3zI">https://youtu.be/T9K_QH3p3zI</a><br />[From YouTube description] "
‘good dog’ explores the everyday injustices, people and places that make
us who we are.
Set during the early noughties, ‘good dog’ chronicles growing up in a
multicultural community and the everyday injustices that drive people to
take back control... because even the most patient among us can’t wait
forever.
Adapted from a full length play, this film follows a grown-up Boy
revisiting and observing events in his life, narrating the past from the
present. Boy – performed by Anton Cross - speaks to camera as our guide
and narrator, looking on his younger self and the community he lives
in.
‘good dog’ is adapted from the play written by Arinzé Kene. The film
was directed by Andrew Gillman and Natalie Ibu. It was commissioned by
The Space and supported by BBC and Arts Council England"<br /><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (London)<br /></b></span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Richard II </b>| via YouTube | Runtime<b> </b>2:31:27<b><br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/BHrXAJ93hRU">https://youtu.be/BHrXAJ93hRU</a><b><br /></b>[From video description] "
Richard II - the Bard’s great Play of England. For your lockdown viewing
pleasure - our film version of the critically acclaimed first all women
of colour Shakespeare on a UK stage - from the 2019 Globe Season."</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Romeo & Juliet </b>| via YouTube | Runtime: 1:37:54 | Available until 31 March 2021<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/wFBWXRqa7Gs">https://youtu.be/wFBWXRqa7Gs</a></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-ytd-app" id="gmail-page-manager"><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-ytd-page-manager gmail-hide-skeleton" role="main"><br /></span></span></span><br /></li></ul><li><div class="gmail-style-scope gmail-ytd-watch-flexy" id="gmail-info"><a href="https://youtu.be/gLXpYJDdEUI"></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-ytd-app" id="gmail-page-manager"><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-ytd-page-manager gmail-hide-skeleton" role="main"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Dickens vs Tolstoy featuring Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton | via Intelligence Squared | </b>YouTube<b> </b>| Runtime: 1:34:41</span></span></span></span><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/gLXpYJDdEUI">https://youtu.be/gLXpYJDdEUI</a><br />[From video description] "<span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">The Battle Of The Great 19th-century Novelists with Professor John Mullan arguing for Dickens and historian Simon Schama arguing for Tolstoy. Bringing their arguments to life with readings we had Tom Hiddleston, star of Marvel's Thor and The Avengers, and Zawe Ashton, acclaimed for her roles in Fresh Meat and Wanderlust. The debate was chaired by Bonnie Greer.
Dickens. Tolstoy. Their names and reputations shake the ground – and so do their books, if you drop one. They are the two greatest novelists from the century when novels were really great. Both captured their countries’ very souls and, as vastly influential social reformers, savagely criticised them as well. But whose legacy is more enduring? Whose vision truer and more relevant today? Should you embark on War and Peace or Our Mutual Friend?</span>"<br /><br /></span></div></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Manchester International Festival | Festival in My House and Yours | Shows, musical performances, talks, Q&As, and more | via YouTube<br /></b>General Playlist: <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8B4bP8Vi7PxF_icfmcUitH2EtqcCx9Xp">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8B4bP8Vi7PxF_icfmcUitH2EtqcCx9Xp</a><br />Some specific shows:<br /><br /></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>A Woman's Place is in the Home</b> | Runtime: 56:32<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/Kc2qMZsCDu8">https://youtu.be/Kc2qMZsCDu8</a><br />[From video description] "<span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Content warning: this video contains strong language, viewer discretion advised.
Join Girl Gang Manchester on Thursday 17 December from </span><a class="gmail-yt-simple-endpoint gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc2qMZsCDu8&list=PL8B4bP8Vi7PxF_icfmcUitH2EtqcCx9Xp&index=1&t=1140s">19:00</a><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> GMT to celebrate and subvert the political and emotional landscapes of domestic spaces for modern women.
Curated by Girl Gang Manchester, a collective of artists, activists, academics and party instigators, A Woman’s Place Is in the Home is a celebration and critique of the weight that everyday items, acts and spaces can carry.
At a time when so many of us have been stuck at home, we’ll find creativity in domestic drudgery and spirituality in the shower, create an ode to Black British hairdressing and bemoan gendered divisions in domestic labour. We’ll mourn what we miss, cherish what we have and dance it all out – because what’s it all worth without dancing?"
<br /><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><b>PAYING ATTENTION! An Online Queer Literature Festival with Roma Havers & Friends<span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span> </b> | Runtime: 1:30:19<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/Sh4lNdF7z4c">https://youtu.be/Sh4lNdF7z4c</a><br />[From video description] "<span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Watch Paying Attention! Bringing together six of the best queer writers in Manchester, working across all forms from poetry to performance and from fiction to theatre. Teaming up in pairs poets Frankie Blaus and Roma Havers, writer-performers Mandla Rae and Ella Otomewo, and novelists Okechukwu Nzelu and Rosie Garland read from their work, discussing their practice, reflecting, reminiscing and attempting to answer a vital question: ‘Now that you have our attention, how would you like to be read?’
This broadcast may contain some adult themes - viewer discretion advised.
Closed captions are available in the 'settings' icon on the video player."<br /><br /></span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Free Plays for Children (includes all age ranges | includes learning worksheets & distance learning resources<br /></b><a href="https://www.dramanotebook.com/watch-free-plays-online/">https://www.dramanotebook.com/watch-free-plays-online/</a> <span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span></span>
</li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">DANCE | MOVEMENT</span><br /></b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>BAC Digital | Spring 2021 Season | </b>Individual performances Feb-June 2021 | Free but registration required<br />Upcoming Presentations page (incl links to past performances): <a href="https://bacnyc.org/performances/upcoming-performances">https://bacnyc.org/performances/upcoming-performances</a><br />What is BAC?<b> </b>[From website] "
BAC is the realization of a long-held vision by Founder and Artistic Director <a href="http://www.bacnyc.org/about/mikhail-baryshnikov">Mikhail Baryshnikov</a> to build an arts center in New York City that serves as a gathering place for artists from all disciplines."
<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Dance Theatre of Harlem | Virtual Ballet Series | via YouTube & Facebook<br /></b><a href="https://www.dancetheatreofharlem.org/virtualballetseries/">https://www.dancetheatreofharlem.org/virtualballetseries/<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The Chocolate Factory | via Vimeo<br /></b><a href="https://vimeo.com/chocolatefactory">https://vimeo.com/chocolatefactory</a><br />[From description] "
The Chocolate Factory Theater exists to encourage and support artists in
their process of inquiry. We engage specifically with a community of
artists who challenge themselves and, in doing so, challenge us. We
believe that by supporting the labor of these artists, we contribute to
elevating New York City as a thriving marketplace of ideas.
The Chocolate Factory embraces artistic practice as an integral part of
the artist’s whole life, an essential component of the life of our
community and a key element of a larger national and international
artistic dialog. As such, we host artists as our equal partners with
shared autonomy, trust and appreciation. While we seek to make big ideas
and extended relationships possible, we commit to working at a small,
intimate and personal scale, with few artistic compromises or
boundaries."
<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Hamburg Ballet | Videos via YouTube | Includes works in progress & young choreographers</b><br /><a href="https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/news/online_programm.php">https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/news/online_programm.php</a><br />(Scroll down page to the section heading "The Program" for video titles, descriptions, & links)<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Numeridanse<br /></b><a href="https://www.numeridanse.tv/en/home">https://www.numeridanse.tv/en/home</a><b><br /></b>[From website] "
Numeridanse is a multimedia dance platform. It offers free access to a
unique video base: filmed performances, documentaries, interviews,
fictions, dance videos. Every single genre, style and form is showcased
here: butoh, classical ballet, neo-classical ballet, baroque, Indian,
African, flamenco, contemporary, traditional dances, hip-hop, tango,
jazz, circus arts, performance, etc. Numeridanse is headed and coordinated by the Maison de la Danse, Lyon,
and was imagined by the director Charles Picq. Since the outset,
Numeridanse was created and has been developed hand-in-hand with the
French National Centre for Dance (CND) and has been supported by the BNP
Paribas Foundation and the French Ministry for Culture."
<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Pilobus | <i>Gnomen | </i></b>Via Vimeo | Runtime 18:21<br /><a href="https://vimeo.com/366520651">https://vimeo.com/366520651</a><br />[From website] "For Pilobolus, the pain of a different pandemic resulted in the creation of what’s now considered a company classic, Gnomen (1997). This work was dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and company dancer Jim Blanc whose life was claimed by the AIDS pandemic.Gnomen reminds us that during hard times, we must lean on and uplift each other – that together, we can help each other rise to the moment.<i>"<br />"Gnomen</i> was created in 1997, choreographed by Robby Barnett and Jonathan Woken in collaboration with Matt Kent, Gaspard Louis, Trebien Pollard, and Mark Santillano. This performance of <i>Gnomen</i> from 2019 is performed by Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Zachary Eisenstat, Quincy Ellis, and Jacob Michael Warren.Original music by Paul Sullivan, throat singing by Matt Kent. Costumes by Eileen Thomas. Lighting by David M. Chapman"
</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>MUSIC</b></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Live Stream Concerts<br /><br /></b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Rolling Stone Online </b>(Info posted on 2 Feb 2021)<br /><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/best-concert-films-stream-online-1122430/">https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/best-concert-films-stream-online-1122430/</a><b><br /></b>[From website] "Miss Live Music? Stream These Concert Films Online to Get Your Fix | Here are some of the best live concert films streaming free online, from artists like Fleetwood Mac, Prince, The Rolling Stones and more."<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Billboard Online<i> </i></b>(Info posted on 26 Jan 2021)<br /><a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335531/coronavirus-quarantine-music-events-online-streams">https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335531/coronavirus-quarantine-music-events-online-streams</a><br />[From website] "Here Are All the Livestreams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During Coronavirus Crisis (Updating)"
<br /><br /></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Joe Powers | Harmonica Player</b><br />Powers' website: <a href="https://www.joepowers.com/">
https://www.joepowers.com/</a><br />Album playlist for <i>Apasionado</i> (via YouTube): <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lf99mkR8-XVhHpQLXftT30b7hObRswh3s">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lf99mkR8-XVhHpQLXftT30b7hObRswh3s</a><br />[From Wikipedia] "<span>Joe Powers is an internationally acclaimed harmonica player,
composer, and recording artist. He performs many music genres, such as
classical, blues, jazz-fusion, and world traditions, and specializes in
playing Argentine Tango music."</span>
<br /></span><div class="gmail-B6fmyf"><div class="gmail-csDOgf"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span id="gmail-ow26"></span></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Brandon Acker |
Classical guitarist and specialist on early plucked instruments such as the lute, baroque guitar and theorbo<br /></b>Acker's website:<a href="http://brandonackerguitar.com/"> http://brandonackerguitar.com/</a><br />Acker's YouTube Playlists: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/brandonacker/playlists">https://www.youtube.com/user/brandonacker/playlists</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Andrew Oliver - Pianist<br /></b>Oliver's website: <a href="https://andrewoliver.net/">https://andrewoliver.net/</a><br />Oliver's YouTube Playlists: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/andrewoliver1/playlists">https://www.youtube.com/user/andrewoliver1/playlists</a><br />[From website] "Andrew Oliver is a pianist from Portland, Oregon,
specializing in stride piano, 1920s jazz and blues, ragtime, and tango.
His playing is energetic and authentic, drawing on the styles of
pianists such as Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, and Earl Hines to
deliver a stomping style which emphasizes the exciting groove that
brought jazz to the forefront of popular music in the 20th century.
</span><p class="gmail-p1"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A specialist in the music of the great New Orleans
pioneering pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, Andrew has recorded
all of Jelly’s known compositions on the “Complete Morton Project”
YouTube Channel with clarinetist David Horniblow.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Their duo album of Morton’s tunes on Lejazzetal was selected as one of the 10 best jazz albums of 2019 by the Times (London).<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Andrew
lived in London from 2013-2020, performing in the UK and Europe with a
number of acclaimed groups including the Dime Notes and Vitality Five.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Andrew is the founder of the Portland Jazz Composers
Ensemble, a 2012 Chamber Music America New Jazz Works recipient, and an
Oregon Arts Commission fellow.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>He
also performs and composes a wide variety of music ranging from
Argentine tango to modern jazz but with a strong focus on 1920s jazz and
classic tango styles."<br /></span></p></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Mary Pappert School of Music | Duquesne University<br /><br /></b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Virtual Best of the Bluff <br /></b>Playlist: <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyejVSw0ivQBeIiC7wa2lN1nsBljMSIiB">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyejVSw0ivQBeIiC7wa2lN1nsBljMSIiB</a><br />[From description] "
Each month during the 2020–2021 academic year, we will release a new
Bluff Series video on the Mary Pappert School of Music YouTube channel
that will feature the talents of Artistic Director and pianist, David
Allen Wehr, along with our all-star faculty, members of the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra, and internationally-renowned guest artists."
</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>A Little Friday Night Music<br /></b>Playlist: <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyejVSw0ivQCWnTYoTkkAVY2wKMZMH7fW">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyejVSw0ivQCWnTYoTkkAVY2wKMZMH7fW</a><br /><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyejVSw0ivQCWnTYoTkkAVY2wKMZMH7fW"><br /></a></span></li></ul></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">PODCASTS</span><br /></b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Jonathan Pinnock | It's Lit But Is It Funny? </b><br /><a href="https://www.jonathanpinnock.com/podcast/">https://www.jonathanpinnock.com/podcast/<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Song Exploder<br /></b><a href="https://songexploder.net/episodes">https://songexploder.net/episodes</a><b><br /></b>[From their About] "<b>Song Exploder</b> is a podcast where musicians take apart
their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made.
Each episode is produced and edited by host and creator Hrishikesh Hirway in
Los Angeles. Using the isolated, individual tracks from a recording,
Hrishikesh asks artists to delve into the specific decisions that went
into creating their work. Hrishikesh edits the interviews, removing his
side of the conversation and condensing the story to be tightly focused
on how the artists brought their songs to life"
<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Every Little Thing | Via Gimlet Media<br /></b><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1225760210">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1225760210</a><b><br /></b>[From description] "Why do we cry? Did cavemen really carry clubs? Can swearing make you
stronger? On ELT, you call with a question, we find you an answer."
<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>This American Life<br /></b><a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/">https://www.thisamericanlife.org/</a><b> | </b>How to Listen: <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/listen">https://www.thisamericanlife.org/listen</a><b><br /></b>[From website] "<i>This American Life</i>
is a weekly public radio program and podcast. Each week we choose a
theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme. Mostly
we do journalism, but an entertaining kind of journalism that’s built
around plot. In other words, stories! Our favorite sorts of stories have
compelling people at the center of them, funny moments, big feelings,
surprising plot twists, and interesting ideas. Like little movies for
radio."</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>FOOD STUFF - The Comfort Food Edition<br /></b></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>10 Tips to Making Perfect Waffles | Via Mr. Breakfast.com<br /></b><a href="https://www.mrbreakfast.com/article.asp?articleid=29">https://www.mrbreakfast.com/article.asp?articleid=29<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Magic Custard Cake | Via The Cooks Room<br /></b>http://www.thecooksroom.com.au/magic-custard-cake/<br />(FYI site on converting metric measurements: <a href="https://whatscookingamerica.net/equiv.htm">https://whatscookingamerica.net/equiv.htm</a>)<br /><b><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Potato Gratin with Onions and Sage | Via The Daily Meal</b><br /><a href="https://www.thedailymeal.com/recipes/potato-gratin-onions-and-sage-recipe">https://www.thedailymeal.com/recipes/potato-gratin-onions-and-sage-recipe<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>How to make the perfect no-bake cheesecake | Via The Guardian<br /></b><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/21/how-to-make-the-perfect-no-bake-cheesecake">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/21/how-to-make-the-perfect-no-bake-cheesecake</a><br />
(FYI site on converting metric measurements: <a href="https://whatscookingamerica.net/equiv.htm">https://whatscookingamerica.net/equiv.htm</a>)
</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">MAKING | CREATIVE | ARTS EDUCATION</span><br /></b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Seattle Theatre Group's Education & Community Engagement Department<br /></b><a href="https://www.stgpresents.org/ece/artsessions#about">https://www.stgpresents.org/ece/artsessions#about </a>(scroll down for resources)<br />[From website] ". . .ongoing pre-recorded arts education video sessions and content that
are free and open to educators, students, families, community groups,
artists, and beyond! Many of the videos are led and created by STG Teaching Artists and
offer a variety of genres including dance, music, musical theatre, and
visual arts. We are also excited to feature arts video sessions from
some other arts organizations and
companies in our community! These videos are offered as part of our School Programs."
<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Evelyn Wood - Vintage Dressmaking Skills for Modern Sewing | Via YouTube<br /></b>Playlists: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/EvelynWoodTV/playlists">https://www.youtube.com/c/EvelynWoodTV/playlists<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Construction - Products Cement</b> <b>| Via YouTube<br /></b>Creative Ideas Cement Playlist: <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi1FmgMo0dBLJao8wkTmhcKTYxK_4xg2L">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi1FmgMo0dBLJao8wkTmhcKTYxK_4xg2L<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>I like To Make Stuff | Via YouTube<br /></b>Playlists: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Iliketomakestuff/playlists">https://www.youtube.com/c/Iliketomakestuff/playlists</a><br /><br /></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>QUIETING | MEDITATION</b></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Body Mind Zone | Via YouTube</b><br />Playlists: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BodyMindZone/playlists">https://www.youtube.com/c/BodyMindZone/playlists</a><br />[From description] "Body Mind Zone is home to the most effective Relaxing Music. We have
music playlists for Meditation Music, Sleep Music, Study Music, Healing
& Wellness Music, and Reiki & Zen Music.
Body Mind Zone’s sleep music is specially created to help you fall
asleep. Whether you want peaceful music for a power nap or calming sleep
meditation music, Body Mind Zone’s sleep relaxation music will help you
go to sleep. To fall asleep fast, our music for insomnia with its
embedded delta waves is essential deep sleep music. Feeling sleepy? Use
this sleeping music in the background for soothing relaxation or as
meditation music after a busy day at work. Our beautiful music for
sleeping is ideal relaxation music for stress relief."
<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Web Article: "22 of the Best Meditation Apps & Sites to Master Meditation Practice"</b> (21 June 2019) | Includes info section on 10 different types of meditation<br /><a href="https://techboomers.com/sites-and-apps-to-learn-how-to-meditate">https://techboomers.com/sites-and-apps-to-learn-how-to-meditate</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />For other posts in this series, <a href="http://danteswardrobe.blogspot.com/search/label/sequestering" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span> <br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p></div>J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-8301621394793046942020-12-14T10:56:00.001-06:002020-12-14T21:15:54.680-06:00In Memoriam: Meg Jones | Reporter | Raconteur | Friend to Many<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kk72EQQOPGAcTxqgxqdp9Rct752MXSY7eWq9S2oxcgTKksHUdNam_s4YDtBf-VO57wbkGSdz37zDxQ-wxxIwRrhmqr0YZ-9A-CJpqipM4bBKCHfxXsn2S6Q84b9Qci7kxz4IgmHpPeE/s2048/IMG_20180126_150449411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Reporter Meg Jones with Skyriter typewriter" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kk72EQQOPGAcTxqgxqdp9Rct752MXSY7eWq9S2oxcgTKksHUdNam_s4YDtBf-VO57wbkGSdz37zDxQ-wxxIwRrhmqr0YZ-9A-CJpqipM4bBKCHfxXsn2S6Q84b9Qci7kxz4IgmHpPeE/w300-h400/IMG_20180126_150449411.jpg" title="Reporter Meg Jones with Skyriter typewriter" width="300" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meg Jones with Skyriter Typewriter<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="mailto:judithajablonski@gmail.com" target="_blank">J.A. Jablonski </a>(c) 2018</span><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two years ago Meg Jones, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">reporter for the <i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,</i></span> and I met up at a coffee shop on Milwaukee's East Side. I had something to give her: a typewriter. Not just any typewriter, a Skyriter. The Skyriter was popular with journalists and war correspondents due its small size, portability (only 9 lbs including its metal case), and reliable action. In the 1970s, the case was updated to a soft-sided thing so that reporters, writers, and travel writers could tuck it under their airplane seats.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meg Jones was both journalist and war correspondent. I admired the heck out of her and regular read <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/search/?q=meg+jones" target="_blank">her stories in JSOnline</a>. I wanted her to have her own "reporter's typewriter." Five years before she'd already typed on the very machine I gave her, though she might not have remembered it that day in January 2018. <br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3WYYfbaDccZ4W76CbOWX-Bu0OHUDxwdmiXgmWkHnPNZg7jklRae1svojWaYd6Yi5BqllN3CmvWmg1xBU7lrKTkIuI3uklcnyXWYeG_BUFWhT4kPQgTKm-Nt3dPHGAeL5P7BcVTDHgd4/w300-h400/Meg+Jones+%2526+Skyriter+2013.jpg" width="300" /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meg Jones typing on a Skyriter Typewriter in 2013<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="mailto:judithajablonski@gmail.com" target="_blank">J.A. Jablonski </a>(c) 2018</span></span><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I used to collect typewriters. In 2013, Meg contacted me. Somehow she'd heard about me and these machines. <a href="https://danteswardrobe.blogspot.com/2013/06/professor-remington-makes-front-page.html" target="_blank">I posted about that interview here</a>. This is how I described how it came about:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana,sans-serif"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana,sans-serif">"She googled <i>typewriters AND Milwaukee</i>, and my post about last year's <a href="http://danteswardrobe.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-solstice-type-in.html" target="_blank">Summer Solstice Type-In</a>
came up. Like any reporter worth her salt, she tracked me down and
asked if she could call. And like a good librarian, I said, "Sure, I
have lots of info you could use for a story." </span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana,sans-serif"><br />
</span></span> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana,sans-serif">Meg called, we talked for about
30 minutes. Then, offhandedly, she asked, "So how many typewriters do
you have?" "Well," I says, "about 25." Then came that amusing
nano-second pause and Meg asked, "Would you mind if I came over to your
house to see them? Oh, and could I bring a photographer?"</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana,sans-serif"></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a lovely afternoon's conversation. Meg was delightful and completely interested in everything. Talking to her was like talking to an old friend. She said she liked to make her own short report videos on her phone and might I please type something for background noise. (That's her typing at the end with me holding her phone over her shoulder.)<br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Her JS Online Video <br /><br /></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ljrLXR_J6M" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />From 2013 on we'd run into each other now and then, usually on the way in to a Brewers game at Miller Park. She was a serious fan. She'd stop for a friendly chat but then promptly motored off with great intent. She wanted to see everything game-related: batting practice, pregame, everything! One got the feeling that life itself was that to her: to be seen in total. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She was so excited to receive the Skyriter--wanting to know where it came from, if anyone had used it for writing before her. I had to admit that I'd gotten it via eBay and didn't know. We followed each other on Twitter then, and exchanged snail mail addresses to correspond, and for the couple years since she sent me her holiday letters. They were a blast to read! She SO enjoyed her work, her travel, and the people she met. They were travelogues in and of themselves. <br /><br />Back in September Milwaukee's own <span><a href="https://www.boswellbooks.com" target="_blank">Boswell Books</a> hosted Iranian novelist <a href="@AbdohSalar" target="_blank">Salar Abdoh</a> for a conversation about his latest book <i>Out of Mesopotamia</i>, in which Abdoh discussed the "endless war" from a Middle Eastern perspective. Meg Jones was the host for the conversation, and oh my, was it fascinating. I've watched a lot of book launch interviews and this was anything but. Abdoh and Jones were of a kind and clearly respected each others' war reporting experiences. <br /><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H062nXX7gt8" width="560"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Salar Abdoh Virtual Event for Boswell Book Company<br />Host: Meg Jones | Runtime: 59 min</span><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Not too long ago I got another of her letters. She told me what she'd been doing and where she'd been of late. Then she thanked me again for the Skyriter. She had it on display in her guest bedroom, she said. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/12/14/meg-jones-obituary-reported-around-world-while-embodying-wisconsin-values/6533751002/" target="_blank">Meg Jones' obituary is her</a><a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/12/14/meg-jones-obituary-reported-around-world-while-embodying-wisconsin-values/6533751002/" target="_blank">e</a>. You can hear her vibrancy, her joy, her professionalism throughout. And you can hear how much she will be missed by her colleagues and friends. <br /><br />Rest in Peace, Meg. Rest in Power. Thank you for what you gave us all. How you will be missed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p>J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-27591293570853785632020-12-09T17:10:00.000-06:002020-12-09T17:10:43.132-06:00Sequestering Arts: The Yuletide Edition<p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27KyLkeqOZVrTnfXBaj3TUQypbMiOXHxLHNr7eh1aBHATP6dFfi8hjESNqq3NEm5tS4ymqlD7upIz8EiIOGG67g0MTluZtY2PNhBYQDfZtYCoVVe43P8GQUBXZIf1b9MdNnzo9RSmSTY/s1920/Winter+Scene.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27KyLkeqOZVrTnfXBaj3TUQypbMiOXHxLHNr7eh1aBHATP6dFfi8hjESNqq3NEm5tS4ymqlD7upIz8EiIOGG67g0MTluZtY2PNhBYQDfZtYCoVVe43P8GQUBXZIf1b9MdNnzo9RSmSTY/w400-h266/Winter+Scene.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Winter Scene" | Jean Beaufort</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />(CC0 Public Domain | <a href="https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=213235&picture=winter-scene" target="_blank">Source</a>)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Very best wishes of the solstice season <br />and good health to you & yours!</span></i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br />Sequestering Arts | About this intermittent series </b><br /> <br /> With the world in lockdown due to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html">Covid-19 </a>(<-- link to the CDC info site), many people are struggling, practically, emotionally, and creatively. As a long-time creative & librarian I thought I might be able to help by doing what I do best: finding/sharing information. My goal is to provide links to interesting, comforting, & creative online resources that you can explore & enjoy while home- or place-bound.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>GOOD FOODSTUFFS</b></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Herbal Hot Chocolate </b><br /><a href="https://homespunseasonalliving.com/herbal-hot-chocolate/">https://homespunseasonalliving.com/herbal-hot-chocolate/</a><br />Our kitchen herb garden went bonkers this summer. We look forward to trying the mint (of course) but are most curious to know how rosemary or thyme will taste in this.<br /><br />FYI: Here are some recipes for hot chocolate mixes too:<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://veenaazmanov.com/homemade-hot-chocolate-mix/">https://veenaazmanov.com/homemade-hot-chocolate-mix/</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9335/hot-cocoa-mix/">https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9335/hot-cocoa-mix/ </a>(Makes a lot!)<br /><a href="https://altonbrown.com/recipes/hot-cocoa-mix/">https://altonbrown.com/recipes/hot-cocoa-mix/</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>25 Winter Soups Recipes | Cold Weather Soup and Stew Super Comp | Well Done | Video | Runtime: 21:53<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/wkC2UUde1BU">https://youtu.be/wkC2UUde1BU</a><b><br /></b>[From description] <i>"...</i><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><i>links to the full recipe ingredients as well clickable timestamps that will allow you to move ahead to each recipe [are provided]</i>." </span></span>
</li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">
</span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">THEATER | THEATRE </span></b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">Sonnets in Solitude | Royal Shakespeare Company | Videos<br /></span></b><span style="color: black;">Playlist (62 videos to date): <br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSIxo_5qCKQjrXHGJvVQ7ppaBkH5D8P2b">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSIxo_5qCKQjrXHGJvVQ7ppaBkH5D8P2b</a><br />[From description] "<i>RSC actors perform Shakespeare's sonnets. When Covid-19 closed our
theatres and stopped all live performances, so we turned to
Shakespeare's poetry</i>."<br /><br /></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;"><b><i>Until the Flood</i> | Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
Written & Performed by Dael Orlandersmith | Directed by Neel Keller
| Video | Runtime: 1:02:01</b><br /><a href="https://www.milwaukeerep.com/shows-and-events/at-home/until-the-flood/">https://www.milwaukeerep.com/shows-and-events/at-home/until-the-flood/</a><br />[From About] <em>" <b><u><strong><em></em></strong></u></b><u>About the Flood</u>: Pulitzer Prize finalist and celebrated performer Dael Orlandersmith (Forever)
explores the social uprising in Ferguson, Missouri following the
shooting of teenager Michael Brown. Pulling from her extensive
interviews with Missouri residents, Orlandersmith crafts a stunning
theatrical experience that must be seen. The Chicago Tribune
called it “palpably compassionate” and raved that it “achieves a great
beauty by bringing us together rather than driving us apart.”
</em><br /><br /></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;"><b><i>A Christmas Carol</i> | Milwaukee Repertory Theater | Free from Dec 1-24, 2020</b></span></span><b><br />Mark Clements’ Classic Production of <i>A Christmas Carol</i></b><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span><a href="https://www.milwaukeerep.com/shows-and-events/two-carols/">https://www.milwaukeerep.com/shows-and-events/two-carols/</a><br />[From webpage] "<i>Each
year, nearly 40,000 people experience Milwaukee Rep Artistic Director
Mark Clements’ epic adaptation at the beautiful historic Pabst Theater.
We are opening our video vault to bring a never-before-seen recording of
the 2016 production filmed and produced by HMS Media. </i><strong><i>This production will be available for FREE to view Dec 1 – 24 as our gift to theater lovers worldwide.</i>"<br /></strong></span></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>
</strong></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The Gauntlet</b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;"><b> | Sydney Opera House</b> <b>| Video | Runtime: 25:17</b><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/JYAjl5Ru7-w">https://youtu.be/JYAjl5Ru7-w</a><br />
<span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">[From description] "<i>Performed as part of Antidote in 2018, The Gauntlet is a genre-bending performance work, which combines choirs and vocal ensembles, contemporary choreography and site-specific storytelling. In this newly commissioned film, composer Sxip Shirey and choreographer Coco Karol discuss what it takes to create an immersive piece of this nature.</i></span>"<br /><br />This is really an unusual piece and, for those of us missing human contact & interaction, emotionally satisfying.<br /><br /></span></span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">DANCE | MOVEMENT</span><br /></b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Argentine tango flash mob - Golden Age of no social distancing (Budapest, with bandoneon & dancing) | Argentine Tango Radio | Video | Runtime: 6:52<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/xZZmW59Ci5g">https://youtu.be/xZZmW59Ci5g<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Don't Stop me Now | RB Dance Company | Video | Runtime: 2:30<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/-AtLx_xB7aQ">https://youtu.be/-AtLx_xB7aQ</a><b><br />
</b>Some serious energy in this!
<b><br /><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>LAND OF ALL - contemporary dance
| MN Dance Company | Video | Runtime: 5:36<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/wm98afryPf4">https://youtu.be/wm98afryPf4</a><b><br /></b>Athletic, evocative.<b><br /><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Horus Mozarabe performing fusion bellydance at The Massive Spectacular!
| Video | Runtime: 6:25<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/ZCfxHe5Tfx0">https://youtu.be/ZCfxHe5Tfx0</a><b><br /></b>A perfect balance between the masculine & feminine.<b><br /><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Standing Pilates for Seniors - 30 minutes of exercise to Improve Strength & Build Confidence
| The Girl with the Pilates Mat | Video | Runtime: 33:04<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/i3PYS_jsA1c">https://youtu.be/i3PYS_jsA1c</a><b><br /></b>After several leg surgeries in the past 5 years I am finding this video helpful.<b><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Music to dance to (early 20th century audio recordings from the Library of Congress)</span>:<br /><br /></b></span><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Tango </b><br /></span></div><ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">
International Novelty Orchestra: Musical Group & Shilkret, N. D. (1923) <cite>Maldito Tango</cite>. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-65963/">https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-65963/</a> Runtime: 3:14</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">
González, G.: Composer, Orquesta Típica Cobián: Musical Group, Juan Carlos: Composer Cobián, and Juan Carlos: Leader Cobián. <cite>Mujer</cite>. 1923. Audio. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-268701/">https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-268701/</a> Runtime: 3:12</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">
Gutiérrez, Pedro Elias: Composer, Banda Marcial De Caracas: Musical Group, and Pedro Elias: Leader Gutiérrez. <cite>Llopart</cite>. 1917. Audio. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-191659/.">https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-191659/</a> Runtime: 2:43<br /><br /></span></li></ul></ul><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Waltz</b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rogers, Walter B.: Conductor, and Victor Dance Orchestra: Musical Group. <cite>Santiago Waltz</cite>. 1904. Audio. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-120144/.">https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-120144/ </a>Runtime: 3:36</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">
Popy, Francis: Composer, Mckee'S Orchestra: Musical Group, and Frank W.: Conductor McKee. <cite>Sphinx Waltz</cite>. 1915. Audio. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-13310/">https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-13310/</a> Runtime: 4:03.
</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">
Deiro, Pietro: Composer, and Pietro: Instrumentalist Deiro. <cite>Verona Waltz</cite>. 1914. Audio. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-11801/">https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-11801/</a> Runtime: 3:09<br /><br /></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>FoxTrot</b></span></div></div></li><ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>
</b>This playlist presents a musical evolution of this most popular of
twentieth century ballroom dances as it grew from its schottische-like
beginnings to its later streamlined sound.
<br /><a href="https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-jukebox/about-this-collection/playlists/the-fox-trot/">https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-jukebox/about-this-collection/playlists/the-fox-trot/</a></span></li></ul></ul></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br />MUSIC</b></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span><b>Rock the bagpipe! Scotland the Brave / We will rock you @ Switzerland | Video | Runtime: 4:39<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/rIpNs3jrfc0">https://youtu.be/rIpNs3jrfc0 </a><b><br /></b>Apologies to my father-in-law! But they really are kicking it here!<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Live - As Quatro Estações e Valencianas: Alceu Valença e Orquestra Ouro Preto | Video | Runtime: 2:50:37<br /></b>Originally streamed on 12/6/2020 | <a href="https://youtu.be/D219aLq4e4A">https://youtu.be/D219aLq4e4A</a><br />[Translation of the video description's first paragraph - via Google Translate] "<i>The Ouro Preto Orchestra celebrates the 125th anniversary of SulAmérica with two lives in a row, Sunday, December 6, transmitted directly from the historic city of Minas Gerais. All under the baton of Maestro Rodrigo Toffolo, with the participation of Alceu Valença and the guitarist Carmelo de Los Santos.</i>"<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>20 minutes of Celtic mandolin, cittern and mandola | Video | Runtime: 22:40<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/fgkabydSIOI">https://youtu.be/fgkabydSIOI</a><br />[Performers: Ian Stephenson &Tom Kimber]<br /><br /></span></li><li>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Joe Utterback - Concert Fantasy on George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess; Sets for Piano solo
Performed by pianist David Allen Wehr<br /></span></b><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Playlist: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsneRuLOc8g1x_-vtiMR0T4Y8HyrAXF0v">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsneRuLOc8g1x_-vtiMR0T4Y8HyrAXF0v</a><br />As many of you know I quite like this musician! This album is one of my favorites. If you are interested in acquiring his CDs, see the link provided in the description. FYI: Wehr is the Dean of the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University. They have a nice YouTube channel of performances too: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGvll7oZ4lQOXpQ7fxdAUiw">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGvll7oZ4lQOXpQ7fxdAUiw</a><br /><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><b>Alicia Keys: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert | June 2020 | Video | Runtime: 27:46</b><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/uwUt1fVLb3E">https://youtu.be/uwUt1fVLb3E<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Florence + the Machine: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert | October 2018 | Video | Runtime: 14:01<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/EkPrXL-H5Qc">https://youtu.be/EkPrXL-H5Qc<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Library of Congress Concerts | LOC website, YouTube, & Facebook</b><br />NB:
Not all videos will be available on all platforms, and some will be
available only for a limited time; check each page for options as the
event nears.
<br /><a href="https://loc.gov/concerts/">https://loc.gov/concerts/</a><br />[From webpage] "<em>Our 2020-2021 season will be presented entirely virtually, through a
freshly-conceived portal to our concerts, conversations, lectures and
much more, available free of charge to everyone. In our 96th season,
encountering unprecedented times and unpredictable challenges, we
embark on an exciting venture: to share our concerts, and the Library’s
magnificent music collections, with the greatest possible audience
worldwide. New music and new media come together in a year that sees a
mini-fest of Latinx composers and the world premieres of three new
Library of Congress commissions. Two virtual residencies feature the
JACK Quartet and violinist Jennifer Koh, visionary artists fired by a
passion to reflect the rich diversity in our society and our music. '(Re)Hearing Beethoven'
is a festive 250th birthday celebration you absolutely can’t miss:
performances of revelatory transcriptions of the composer’s nine
symphonies introduced by artists and scholars in programs.</em>"
<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Jazz at Lincoln Center | John Coltrane<br /></b><a href="https://www.jazz.org/blog/for-the-love-of-trane-hear-our-john-coltrane-playlist-on-apple-music/">https://www.jazz.org/blog/for-the-love-of-trane-hear-our-john-coltrane-playlist-on-apple-music/</a><br />I must confess Coltrane's work does a serious whack on my <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/synesthesia">synesthesia</a> (and not in a good way) but if you are into his stuff, here's a great playlist.<br /></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />MAKING OF VARIOUS KINDS</span><br /></b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>How to fold a 3D Paper Star<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/iszp_VfzBwU">https://youtu.be/iszp_VfzBwU</a><b><br /></b>[From description] "<span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><i>This is an origami tutorial on how to fold a fancy 3D paper star. Nice ornament for Christmas as well as party decoration for all seasons. I also recommend it as a paper aroma diffuser to purify the room air. You can make it from a sheet of A-sized copy paper. Folding pattern is simple so that you can make both 8-pointed and 6-pointed stars.</i>"<br /><b><br /></b></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><b>
Origami with Jo Nakashima | Tutorials | Videos</b><br />Playlists: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/JoNakashimaBR/playlists">https://www.youtube.com/c/JoNakashimaBR/playlists<br /><br /></a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><b>TheJasonOfAllTrades | Videos</b><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/thejasonofalltrades/videos">https://www.youtube.com/user/thejasonofalltrades/videos</a><br />[From About] "<i>I'm an itinerant DIY'er and liver of life. By "liver," I don't mean the organ. Maybe I need a better word for this.</i>"
<br /><br />As some of you know, I come from a family of artist/makers/creatives. I learned to sew on my grandmother's treadle machine! Pretty sure all of my siblings sew. I recall one of my brothers sewing a camping tent because at the time they didn't sell 'em for us tall folks. This gent would fit right to my family, especially for his sheer joyful interest in the machinery of the makery.<br /></span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">FUN-CURIOUS </span><br /></b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Fable the Raven | Did you know Ravens can talk?! | Video | Runtime: 6:25<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/2d3dOam9Hg4">https://youtu.be/2d3dOam9Hg4</a><b><br /></b>I have a small "unkindness" of ravens featured in my mystery novel (in process) so I like to track this sort of thing.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Around the world in 1896! footage from 1800's with added sound |</b><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-ytd-channel-name" id="gmail-text" title=""> <b>Britannia Panopticon</b></span><b> <span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-ytd-video-owner-renderer" id="gmail-channel-name"></span>| Video | Runtime: 42:03
<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/dj95Q-7qIyk">https://youtu.be/dj95Q-7qIyk<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>STRANDBEEST EVOLUTION 2017
| Theo Jansen | Video | Runtime: 4:19<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/LewVEF2B_pM">https://youtu.be/LewVEF2B_pM</a><br />[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Jansen">From </a><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Jansen">Wikipedia</a>] "<span>Theodorus Gerardus Jozef "Theo" Jansen is a Dutch artist. In 1990,
he began building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on
their own and, collectively, are entitled, Strandbeest. The kinetic
sculptures appear to walk. His animated works are intended to be a
fusion of art and engineering."<br /><br /></span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>The Last Knit |
Directed by Laura Neuvonen
| Video | Runtime: 6:44</b><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/M6ZjMWLqJvM">https://youtu.be/M6ZjMWLqJvM</a><br />A wonderfully quirky animated film from Finland.<br /><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span></span><i><span><span></span></span></i><b>London Kensington Side Streets & Mews - 4K Walk
| Video | Runtime: 37:23<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/njvyD9C6sdY">https://youtu.be/njvyD9C6sdY</a><br /><br /></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>QUIETING | RELAXATION | MEDITATION</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;">I've found it especially helpful to have these longer videos playing on an older laptop which I have set to the side of my writing desk.</span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Ambience/ASMR: Writer's Library from the 1930s, 4 Hours | Ambience of Yesteryear | Video | Runtime: 4:00:07<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/183IwSzCgV4">https://youtu.be/183IwSzCgV4</a><b><br /></b>[From description:
<i><span class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">"List of Sounds:
- wild songbirds
- wood crackling as it burns in the fireplace
- footsteps; doors opening & closing
- clothing & upholstery softly rustling with movement
- handling & flipping through antique hardback books; stroking the covers & spines
- perusing & sorting papers
- turning pages
- jotting notes with a pencil
- sketching in charcoal; drawing with pastels
- writing cursive by hand with a fountain pen
- pouring & stirring tea in fine bone china
- the gentle clinking of teaware"</span></i>]<br /><br />Their entire playlist is rather nice. Here's the link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx70KF3RlS36RnGOtN8VKfQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx70KF3RlS36RnGOtN8VKfQ<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Fireplace 10 hours full HD
| Video | Runtime: 10:01:25<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/L_LUpnjgPso">https://youtu.be/L_LUpnjgPso</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Afternoon JAZZ - Relaxing Cafe Jazz Music - Lounge Music For Study, Work, Relax | Relax Music | Video | Runtime: 10:11:15<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/YTAm9nbm_fQ">https://youtu.be/YTAm9nbm_fQ<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Pottery Throwing ASMR (no voice or music) | Kai Ceramics | Video | Runtime: 11:35<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/iquCfbCS9Iw">https://youtu.be/iquCfbCS9Iw</a></span></li></ul></div></div><p> </p>J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-18059691454261577242020-11-05T08:59:00.019-06:002021-11-23T11:22:12.330-06:00Cool Book: Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfZF39PIB5JNPRWUxTj93xxZ_2KFxZoczJZllpNJqE-LHBMpLPW-g_wQMjhHJK1reDNB54tE36W3bdsVH8Ynm_aKF0p_EGjqHFEaemyrOUmI-RyroJSC3i1RjqUoZJgAMRHi4TVR4D70/s475/KJ+Charles+Slippery+Creatures+Book+Cover.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="KJ Charles Slippery Creatures Book Cover" border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfZF39PIB5JNPRWUxTj93xxZ_2KFxZoczJZllpNJqE-LHBMpLPW-g_wQMjhHJK1reDNB54tE36W3bdsVH8Ynm_aKF0p_EGjqHFEaemyrOUmI-RyroJSC3i1RjqUoZJgAMRHi4TVR4D70/w214-h320/KJ+Charles+Slippery+Creatures+Book+Cover.webp" title="KJ Charles Slippery Creatures Book Cover" width="214" /></a></span></div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My review of KJ Charles' <i>Will Darling Adventures</i> has been updated and moved to my author website: J.A. Jablonski. You can link to it here:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jajablonski.com/2021/08/16/kj-charles-will-darling-pt1/" target="_blank">KJ Charles | The Will Darling Adventures | Pt. 1</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jajablonski.com/2021/08/16/kj-charles-will-darling-pt2/" target="_blank">KJ Charles | The Will Darling Adventures | Pt. 2</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /><br /></span></span></div>J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-85867286330355451252020-09-27T00:30:00.096-05:002020-09-27T11:53:52.037-05:00Sequestering Arts | A Little Music, A Little Theater<div class="clearfix" id="s-lg-content-28413961">
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emotionally, and creatively. As a long-time creative & librarian I
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Series video on the Mary Pappert School of Music YouTube channel that
will feature the talents of Artistic Director and pianist, David Allen
Wehr, along with our all-star faculty, members of the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra, and internationally-renowned guest artists." </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Sonata for Cello and Piano (Debussy) </b><br /> Fri Sep 18th - Thu Oct 15th </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Première Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano (Debussy) </b><br /> Fri Oct 16th - Fri Nov 20th <br /><br /></span></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Ralph Zurmühle | Composer & Pianist<br /></b></span><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Live Recording Session at Little Big Beat Studios</span></i></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/vl8pRIrzr5s">https://youtu.be/vl8pRIrzr5s</a><br /><br />[Video description] "</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Video of the full program performed in the live recording session on the 19th of August 2020 at Little Big Beat Studios in cooperation with Tangente, Eschen/FL. There is a unique silence in such a recording session, a silence that is challenging, intense and at the same time extremely inspiring - one can literally hear the drop of a needle. The connection between performer and audience is intimate through the use of earphones and both journey together, moment by moment… with every key touched, every note played and every melody transmitted.<br /></span><br />[From <a href="https://www.ralphpiano.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>] "The Swiss composer and pianist was born in Zürich and grew up mainly in Liechtenstein. He graduated from the University of Zürich and lives in Spain. Ralph discovered his natural ability for the piano at the age of five. He fostered his talent over decades with jazz and classical music training in Zürich and Liechtenstein. Imbued with subtle changes of tempo and nuance, crossing various musical genres, Zurmühle’s compositions maintain the intuitive feeling of improvised music. With great sensitivity to touch, he combines fluidity and freedom with refinement and development, resulting in graceful melodies, sublime sound textures and introspective ambiences."<br /><br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Beall & Finch</b><br />Playlists: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.youtube.com/c/BeallandFinch/playlists</a><br />[From website] "Jesse Finch and Rosalind Beall are two guitarists who enjoy playing classical music and also writing their own music (with classical, folk and singer-songwriter influences)."<br /><br /></span></li></ul></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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</span><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Shakespeare's Globe Theatre | <i>Romeo & Juliet </i>| <br />Available: 9/28/2020 - Feb Half-Term 2021<br /></b><a href="https://youtu.be/wFBWXRqa7Gs">https://youtu.be/wFBWXRqa7Gs<br /><br /></a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Sadler Wells Theatre<br /></b><span><span>Sadler's Wells Theatre is a performing arts venue in Clerkenwell, London, England. <a href="https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/sadlers-wells-reopen-shows-archived-online_52369.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=10September2020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noted on </a></span></span><a href="https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/sadlers-wells-reopen-shows-archived-online_52369.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=10September2020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">9/10/2020</a> (What's On Stage). They are set to reopen for public performances and will be releasing archived shows online. See their website for show info.<br /><a href="https://www.sadlerswells.com/">https://www.sadlerswells.com/<br /><br /></a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Cirque du Soleil | 60-MINUTE SPECIALS</b><br /><span><span></span></span>See their playlist of 1-hour specials here:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9RDgPtBc9ansNqgSHpKCvUV21t3ek0aY">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9RDgPtBc9ansNqgSHpKCvUV21t3ek0aY</a><i><b><br /> </b></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The Curve Theatre (Leicester, England) | </b><i><b>My Beautiful Launderette</b></i><br />Available until the Curve reopens<br /><a data-cms-ai="0" href="https://www.curveonline.co.uk/news/watch-our-archive-recording-of-hanif-kureishis-my-beautiful-laundrette/" rel="external">https://www.curveonline.co.uk/news/watch-our-archive-recording-of-hanif-kureishis-my-beautiful-laundrette/</a><br />Hanif
Kureishi's play based on his Oscar-nominated screenplay, featuring
original music from Tennant/Lowe of the Pet Shops Boys. Omar Malik and
Jonny Fines star in the production, filmed at Leicester's Curve theatre
in 2019.<br /><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Clock Productions (Chicago, IL, US) | <i>Black Joy<br /></i></b><a href="https://clockproductionschicago.com/blackjoy/">https://clockproductionschicago.com/blackjoy/</a><b><i><br /></i></b>[From website] "<em>BLACK JOY </em>is a World Premiere featuring a variety of
original scenes, songs, and spoken word pieces, all written and
performed by Black artists. The festival will have a Facebook premiere
on October 9th and also be available to stream here on the website from
October 9th thru 23rd. Tickets are a Pay-What-You-Can donation.Adapted and Directed by Clock alumna Kayla V. White, <em>BLACK JOY</em> takes a physical and emotional journey through the seasons, sharing stories about being Black in America."<br /><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>St. Ann's Warehouse (Brooklyn, NY)<br /></b><a href="https://stannswarehouse.org/show/donmar-trilogy/">https://stannswarehouse.org/show/donmar-trilogy/</a><b><br /></b></span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><b>Julius Caesar </b></i><b>|</b><i><b> </b></i><b>October 9–15<br /></b></b>[From website] "Harriet Walter, Jackie Clune, and Jade Anouka star in Phyllida Lloyd's
all-female production of the Shakespeare play, filmed in December 2016
at the Donmar Warehouse King's Cross in London."</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>Henry IV </b></i><b>| </b><b>October 16–22</b><br />[From website] "Harriet
Walter plays the title role in Phyllida Lloyd's all-female production
of the Shakespeare play, filmed in December 2016 at the Donmar Warehouse
King's Cross in London."<br /><br /></span></span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a data-content="Formerly attributed to Daniel Maclise. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund." data-html="true" data-original-title="" data-placement="bottom" data-title="Description" data-toggle="popover" data-trigger="click hover" href="http://search.openlibrary.artstor.org/object/AYCBAIG_10313604220" target="_blank" title="">Procession of Characters from Shakespeare’s plays, c 1840 </a> | <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Shakespeare_Signature.svg" target="_blank">William Shakespeare | Signature from Last Will</a> </span></span></span></li></ol><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><br /></span></span></div><div class="clearfix" id="s-lg-content-28413961"><ol>
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J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-45075957371588633532020-09-02T16:19:00.031-05:002021-11-23T11:21:16.397-06:00Cool Book: The Four Profound Weaves: A Birdverse Book by R.B. Lemberg<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuCAu2sgGpgglE7Iu3G2tgSMCMqHEY4rX2MPWjNieGjyozjrD7RcQfh-JXJMbK16u6Qz_DusLlrWC9KX13dCUGmvIjXmi0XFBjQC0e-GOYOnBmfDktkevIiGvml9dAVoqvkLvrye3rJE/s2048/Lemberg+Four+Profound+Weaves+cover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Four Profound Weaves Book Cover" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuCAu2sgGpgglE7Iu3G2tgSMCMqHEY4rX2MPWjNieGjyozjrD7RcQfh-JXJMbK16u6Qz_DusLlrWC9KX13dCUGmvIjXmi0XFBjQC0e-GOYOnBmfDktkevIiGvml9dAVoqvkLvrye3rJE/w160-h256/Lemberg+Four+Profound+Weaves+cover.jpg" title="The Four Profound Weaves Book Cover" width="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My review of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">R.B. Lemberg's<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The Four Profound Weaves: A Birdverse Book </i> has been updated and moved to my author website: J.A. Jablonski. You can link to it here:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><a href="https://jajablonski.com/2021/08/30/four-profound-weaves/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">R.B. Lemberg<i> | </i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The Four Profound Weaves</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /><br /></span></span></div>J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-32125753034830518672020-06-28T07:50:00.001-05:002020-06-28T07:50:18.025-05:00Sequestrian Arts | June 28, 2020<b><br /></b>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What is/are Sequestrian Arts?</b><br /><br /> With the world in lockdown due to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html">Covid-19 </a>(link to the CDC info site), many people are stuggling, practically, emotionally, and creatively. As a long-time creative & librarian I thought I might be able to help by doing what I do best: finding/sharing information. Below is part a series I am developing on the Sequestering Arts. The notion is to provide links to interesting, comforting, & creative online resources that you can explore & enjoy while home- or place-bound.<br /> <br /> The series can be accessed via the image link at left or <a href="http://danteswardrobe.blogspot.com/search/label/sequestering">this link</a>. </span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> Richard II | Free Shakespeare on the Radio | WNYC In Collaboration with The Public</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://publictheater.org/productions/season/1920/richard-ii/"><br />https://publictheater.org/productions/season/1920/richard-ii/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From website] "<i>RICHARD II <b>will be broadcast in four parts nightly from Monday, July 13 through Thursday, July 16</b> at 8:00 p.m. EST on WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820 for listeners in the New York tri-state area and will stream nationwide at WNYC.org.</i>"<br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (UK) | THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES by Kendall Feaver, directed by Katy Rudd</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>| YouTube | Runtime: 2:07:51</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/BJlpxSouCOk">https://youtu.be/BJlpxSouCOk</a> | Audio described: <a href="https://youtu.be/l6ucmPkFJe0">https://youtu.be/l6ucmPkFJe0</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[Play description] "<i>Anna is coming of age. Possibilities are unfurling in front of her and she’s ready to take control. But her mother’s been standing guard all these years, taking care, editing the choices. When Anna makes a decision that could affect the rest of her life, can Renee stand by and watch? From writer Kendall Feaver comes a family story full of heart and humour, of a young woman trying to take control and a mother compelled to protect her. Winner of a Judges Award at the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. (CONTENT WARNING The show contains frank discussion of mental illness throughout. There is a scene containing an attempted overdose at the end of Act One and Act Two contains graphic scenes depicting a woman suffering from extreme mental distress.)</i>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>ARTICLE | In Buenos Aires, Queer Tango Takes a Revolutionary Dance Back to Its Roots | Via Atlas Obscura<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/queer-tango-in-buenos-aires?">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/queer-tango-in-buenos-aires?</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Brave Spirits Theatre | Online Play Readings</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.bravespiritstheatre.com/shakespeares-histories/online-reading-festival/"><br />https://www.bravespiritstheatre.com/shakespeares-histories/online-reading-festival/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[Info] "<i>Brave Spirits Theatre spent the month of May exploring the history play genre in a <a href="https://www.bravespiritstheatre.com/shakespeares-histories/online-reading-festival/">series of live online readings</a> of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Now, you can watch recordings of seven readings, featuring the works of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Peele, and the ever-popular “Unknown” on their YouTube page. Keep an eye out for a new upcoming date for their live reading of John Ford’s Perkin Warbeck</i>."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />[About BST] "<i>Brave Spirits Theatre is dedicated to plays from the era of verse and violence, staging visceral and intimate productions of Shakespeare and his contemporaries with a focus on female artists and feminist perspectives.</i>" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>American Players Theater | Out of the Woods - Live Play Reading Series</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://americanplayers.org/out-of-the-woods-a-play-reading-series"><br />https://americanplayers.org/out-of-the-woods-a-play-reading-series</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From website] "<i>We are excited to announce a new play reading series: Out of the Woods, play readings performed and recorded live. APT’s Core Acting Company, alongside some other great APT actors, will be reading a selection of plays using Zoom virtual meeting software. The readings are streamed live and recorded by PBS Wisconsin. Play readings will be posted on Fridays at 7:00 PM CT on their website: <a href="https://pbswisconsin.org/apt/">pbswisconsin.org</a>, and free to view, with <b>all six plays available July 17 through July 26.</b></i>" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Scottish Ballet | The Rite of Spring | YouTube | Runtime: 37:20</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/0HL-fus2WH8"><br />https://youtu.be/0HL-fus2WH8</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From description] "<i>Stay Home with Stravinsky Experience the bold and electrifying rhythms of The Rite of Spring from the comfort of your own home. Following a critically acclaimed UK tour, Christopher Hampson's The Rite of Spring is now being broadcast in full for free to audiences worldwide. The performance was filmed at The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh in October and <b>is available to stream online from 7pm BST Wednesday 27 May until 30 June 2020.</b> Age guidance: 12+ (Contains some scenes of violence)</i>."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Earth Virtual Milonga! | Next milonga - June 28th</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.sotango.world/"><br />https://www.sotango.world/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From website] "<i>The Earth Virtual Milonga (EVM) is a FREE virtual party where people from all over world meet up via the Zoom platform to do what they love to do most: to listen, watch, and dance TANGO!</i>" (New milonga every 2 weeks.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The King's Singers | "You are the New Day" (John David, arr. Peter Knight) | YouTube</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/DgEGsqgP21w"><br />https://youtu.be/DgEGsqgP21w</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: When vinyl record albums were still a thing I bought one of The King's Singers' solely to hear their rendition of "You Are the New Day." So it was a delight to see the latest group of the King's gents with a new version.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Brandon Acker | Introducing Gut Strings | YouTube | Runtime: 7:33</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/xoDTJl6kTPc"><br />https://youtu.be/xoDTJl6kTPc</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From Acker's About info]: "<i>Brandon J. Acker is a sought out classical guitarist and specialist in early plucked instruments. Recent achievements include two debut CDs released by Jester Recordings and a highly praised collaboration with the creators of Les Misérables in the English language premiere of their musical La Revolution Française. He received 1st prize in the 2010 Society of American Musicians competition. He has toured extensively in the UK and Canada with Chamber Opera Chicago and performed with notable groups such as The Leipzig Baroque Orchestra, The Joffrey Ballet, The Chicago Philharmonic, The Newberry Consort, Music of the Baroque, Opera Lafayette, Haymarket Opera, Third Coast Baroque, Bella Voce and more. He's been praised for his "Salient licks on the theorbo and baroque guitar" by the Milwaukee Sentinel</i>."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Stage@Seven: Beethoven: Violin Concerto | Christian Tetzlaff / Andrés Orozco-Estrada|</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>May 2020 | YouTube | Runtime: 44:12</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/gfCgoCMu-ec"><br />https://youtu.be/gfCgoCMu-ec</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From description] "<i>Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Frankfurt Radio Big Band live! hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony Christian Tetzlaff, Violin Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto D major op. 61 I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Larghetto III. Rondo Beethoven cadenza arranged by Christian Tetzlaff.</i></span><i><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Note: In accordance with the current restrictions imposed by the Corona pandemic in Germany, this livestream series currently only features ensembles up to chamber orchestral size. The required minimum distances are respected. Streaming is also carried out in a reduced setting.</i>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Compare & Contrast time! | LA CUMPARSITA (Composed in 1916)</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />"La Cumparsita" is a famous tune typically played at the end of a tango milonga/dance event. It signals the closing of the time the dancers have spent in close communion. Here's a translation of part of the lyrics.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <i>I always remember you</i></span><i><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with the divine affection</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I had for you.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And you are everywhere,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> part of my life,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and those eyes that were my joy</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I look for them everywhere</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and I can’t find them. </span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Here are several versions of them for you to enjoy, compare, and, perhaps, dance to!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></blockquote>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Carlittos Magallanes (Bandoneon) & Uruguaio Roberto Pinheiro (Piano) | Posted 2011</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/H7GuIRI5kAg"><br />https://youtu.be/H7GuIRI5kAg </a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex Krebs (Bandoneon) & Andrew Oliver (Piano) | April 2020</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">La Cumparsita begins at the 6:31 mark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/nSWx8tFCSik">https://youtu.be/nSWx8tFCSik</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">La Cumparsita Tango - Gerardo Matos Rodriguez - Tango Dancers | Posted 2014</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/NY0MLG-IrSU"><br />https://youtu.be/NY0MLG-IrSU</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">La cumparsita (Arr. for Guitar) - Christoph Denoth | Posted 2018</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/9vmtC1Y207c"><br />https://youtu.be/9vmtC1Y207c</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">La Cumparsita - Singapore Broadway Harmonica Ensemble | Posted 2012</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/St5URPvir3U"><br />https://youtu.be/St5URPvir3U</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Summer Sangria recipe</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://megseverydayindulgence.com/2020/05/06/summer-sangria/"><br />http://megseverydayindulgence.com/2020/05/06/summer-sangria/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: I am allergic to fresh citrus but, OMG, this looks delicious!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ARTICLE | Detectives and Their Food | Via the Mystery Center/Strand Magazine</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.mysterycenter.com/2019/08/27/detectives-and-their-food/?utm_content=bufferdcbdc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer"><br />https://www.mysterycenter.com/2019/08/27/detectives-and-their-food/?utm_content=bufferdcbdc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soft, Cakey Chocolate Chip Cookies | Via The Kitchen Magpie</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe-softcakey-version/"><br />https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe-softcakey-version/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: I have made these . . . they are quite, quite fine!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ARTICLE | 7 Ways the World Transforms Leftover Bread Into Delicious Dishes and Drinks | VIa Atlas Obscura</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dishes-and-drinks-made-from-leftover-bread-scraps?"><br />https://www.atlasobscura.com/</a><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dishes-and-drinks-made-from-leftover-bread-scraps?">articles/dishes-and-drinks-</a><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dishes-and-drinks-made-from-leftover-bread-scraps?">made-from-leftover-bread-</a><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dishes-and-drinks-made-from-leftover-bread-scraps?">scraps?</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: Some links to recipes are included, but if you'll want to Google others.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><ul>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Making English Muffins from Scratch | From author and foodie, Diane Duane</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/MkELVxz-7LI"><br />https://youtu.be/MkELVxz-7LI</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: The video is 13 years old but quite follow-able. Duane links to the recipe in her (and husband's food website) here:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.europeancuisines.com/England-English-Muffins">http://www.europeancuisines.com/England-English-Muffins</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>READING | LITERARY</b></span></span></h3>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ian Holm reads Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Unabridged)</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Via Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0zOJitzjRj6hlsg2t1XJCI?si=DRcZnNCjTnyhIjJvv0cwrA&nd=1">https://open.spotify.com/album/0zOJitzjRj6hlsg2t1XJCI?si=DRcZnNCjTnyhIjJvv0cwrA&nd=1</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Nnedi Okorafor, PhD (3-time Hugo award winner) | “Africanfuturism: Disrupting Science Fiction”| Her talk from the 2020 Igbo Conference | Runtime: 1:15:15</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/zTOSalzZQ9Y"><br />https://youtu.be/zTOSalzZQ9Y</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From description] "<i>Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian-American author of Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism for children and adults. Her works include WHO FEARS DEATH (in development at HBO into a TV series), the BINTI novella trilogy, THE BOOK OF PHOENIX, the AKATA books and LAGOON. She is the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus and Lodestar Awards and her debut novel ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature. Her next novel, IKENGA, will be in stores August 2020. Nnedi has also written comics for Marvel, including BLACK PANTHER: LONG LIVE THE KING and WAKANDA FOREVER (featuring the Dora Milaje) and the SHURI series, an Africanfuturist comic series LAGUARDIA (from Dark Horse) and her short memoir BROKEN PLACES AND OUTER SPACES. Nnedi is also cowriter the adaptation of Octavia Butler’s WILD SEED with Viola Davis and Kenyan film director Wanuri Kahiu. Nnedi holds a PhD (literature) and two MAs (journalism and literature). She lives with her daughter Anyaugo and family in Illinois</i>."</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A collection of free [text] books from Springer</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://hnarayanan.github.io/springer-books/"><br />https://hnarayanan.github.io/springer-books/</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From website] "<i>To help support everyone during Covid-19, Springer has released a ton of free textbooks. This is great, but their web page for this is not super friendly, and expects you to download some Excel sheet to figure out what they have on offer.This web page hopes to make it easier to access all this knowledge.</i>" </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>PODCASTS</b></span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The 150 Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind | Via Open Culture</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.openculture.com/great-podcasts"><br />http://www.openculture.com/great-podcasts</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.openculture.com/great-podcasts"><br /></a></span><ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Asides podcast series</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.chicagoshakes.com/about_us/resources/asidespodcast"><br />https://www.chicagoshakes.com/about_us/resources/asidespodcast</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From website] "<i>Inspired by Shakespeare’s “asides”—moments when characters speak directly to the audience and pull them into the story—this podcast shares the world of theater making from our home on Chicago’s Navy Pier. ASIDES shares valuable insights from our team of scholars, conversations with artists, and questions from our listeners to dive deeper into work happening at Chicago Shakespeare.</i>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>ARTS | NATURE | CULTURE | TRAVEL | MAKING</b></span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bob Dylan New York Times Interview</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/arts/music/bob-dylan-rough-and-rowdy-ways.html"><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/arts/music/bob-dylan-rough-and-rowdy-ways.html</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: The NYT usually offers a few free articles per month.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Construct Your Own Bayeux Tapestry with This Free Online App | Via Open Culture</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.openculture.com/2020/06/construct-your-own-bayeux-tapestry-with-this-free-online-app.html"><br />http://www.openculture.com/2020/06/construct-your-own-bayeux-tapestry-with-this-free-online-app.html</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Children’s Museum of Madison, WI | StoryCorps Oral History Interview | 2012 | Runtime: 41:34</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://archive.storycorps.org/secret/snbLI9BN2WsLn7BwZF0FtrBWvW1kD0v1QXo1J77alVdinYFvAbugRY5HsUdoWx2rzS2pYT954u0h9MogrTQDo7umOXh2ld5zoF9g57aedeIew4vCMWwDzVL3iA0zCmNcLtl1ztcN/"><br />https://archive.storycorps.org/secret/snbLI9BN2WsLn7BwZF0FtrBWvW1kD0v1QXo1J77alVdinYFvAbugRY5HsUdoWx2rzS2pYT954u0h9MogrTQDo7umOXh2ld5zoF9g57aedeIew4vCMWwDzVL3iA0zCmNcLtl1ztcN/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: In 2012 architect Lou Host-Jablonski & 2 colleagues, Jon Edwards & Brenda Baker, did an interview for StoryCorps in which they tell tales of creating the museum's exhibits some. That interview is now archived in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Exquisite 2300-Year-Old Scythian Woman’s Boot Preserved in the Frozen Ground of the Altai Mountains | Via Open Culture</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.openculture.com/2020/06/exquisite-2300-year-old-scythian-womans-boot-preserved-in-the-frozen-ground-of-the-altai-mountains.html"><br />http://www.openculture.com/2020/06/exquisite-2300-year-old-scythian-womans-boot-preserved-in-the-frozen-ground-of-the-altai-mountains.html</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black Achilles | Via Aeon</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://aeon.co/amp/essays/when-homer-envisioned-achilles-did-he-see-a-black-man?"><br />https://aeon.co/amp/essays/when-homer-envisioned-achilles-did-he-see-a-black-man?</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From website] "<i>The Greeks didn’t have modern ideas of race. Did they see themselves as white, black – or as something else altogether?</i>"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Minimalist Watercolor Seascape Paintings Explore Aerial Views of Marinas | Via My MET</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/yuliya-martynova-blue-bay-paintings/"><br />https://mymodernmet.com/yuliya-martynova-blue-bay-paintings/</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Alexander McQueen, Designer | Research Library | PDF download link included</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/mcqueens-research-library"><br />https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/mcqueens-research-library</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From website] "<i>Alexander McQueen’s personal collection of reference books was intrinsic to his development as a designer. The National Art Library at the V&A holds some of the books that were key to his creativity</i>." </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />NOTE: The actual library is not what's posted here. The PDF is a detailed, annotated list of the collection. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />BONUS ITEM: See Ami Waring from the McQueen design team demonstrate how the panther from the tailor’s quilt patchwork is created. | Runtime: 4:10 | <a href="https://youtu.be/dz6WaWlbTnA">https://youtu.be/dz6WaWlbTnA</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>175 Years of ScotWays | YouTube | Runtime: 21:19</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/wQwjSei7Dbg"><br />https://youtu.be/wQwjSei7Dbg</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From description] "<i>A recorded talk on the story of ScotWays — the body with a mission to uphold public access in Scotland. The organisation was established in Edinburgh in 1845 to tackle the problem of paths being blocked in the city. Richard Barron, Chief Operations Officer at ScotWays, gives a whistle-stop tour of the UK's oldest outdoor recreation organisation. Learn about the events and characters involved in ScotWays development and the battles to protect the public's right of access.</i>" </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>A Thames Mudlarking Find from the Workhouse - Mudlarking the River Thames with Nicola White | YouTube | Runtime: 25:09</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/pQWOOqtTeHU"><br />https://youtu.be/pQWOOqtTeHU</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>FUN | SILLY | KIDS</b></span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"ROLLIN' WILD" | YouTube</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/rollinsafari" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/rollinsafari </a></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/rollinsafari" target="_blank"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: A small run of exceedingly amusing videos on the concept of if animals were round like inflated balloons.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SOCIAL JUSTICE | SOCIAL CULTURE | SOCIAL/HEALTH AWARENESS | SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY</b></span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>37 DIY Coronavirus Tutorials: Cloth Face Masks, Face Shields & Face Coverings (COVID-19)</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://yoursiteneedsme.com/37-diy-coronavirus-tutorials-cloth-face-masks-face-shields-face-coverings-covid-19/"><br />https://yoursiteneedsme.com/37</a><a href="https://yoursiteneedsme.com/37-diy-coronavirus-tutorials-cloth-face-masks-face-shields-face-coverings-covid-19/">-diy-coronavirus-tutorials-clo</a><a href="https://yoursiteneedsme.com/37-diy-coronavirus-tutorials-cloth-face-masks-face-shields-face-coverings-covid-19/">th-face-masks-face-shields-fac</a><a href="https://yoursiteneedsme.com/37-diy-coronavirus-tutorials-cloth-face-masks-face-shields-face-coverings-covid-19/">e-coverings-covid-19/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: Given that masks are a necessity for corralling the Covid virus, Scientific American magazine has posted this useful info. [Nice & clear illustrations too.] </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How to Use Masks during the Coronavirus Pandemic</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-use-masks-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/"><br />https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-use-masks-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From web page] "<i>As lockdown restrictions ease in the US, many cities and states still require wearing a mask to help stop the spread of COVID19. Our illustrated guide explains what you should know about face coverings, and offers best practices for personal protection. A series of simple steps outlines the answers.</i>"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Help Support the Navajo Nation re: Covid-19 (Money and tangibles needed)</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nndoh.org/donate.html"><br />https://www.nndoh.org/donate.html</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nndoh.org/donate.html"><br /></a></span><ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Boston Public Library Needs Help Transcribing Anti-Slavery Letters</b></span><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/625795/transcribe-boston-public-librarys-anti-slavery-letters"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/625795/transcribe-boston-public-librarys-anti-slaver</span>y-letters</a></li>
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J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-61816919931796949782020-06-13T06:00:00.000-05:002020-06-13T12:36:38.563-05:00Sequestrian Arts | June 13, 2020<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>What is/are </b><i><b>Sequestrian Arts?</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the world in lockdown due to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html">Covid-19 </a>(link
to the CDC info site), many people are stuggling, practically,
emotionally, and creatively. As a long-time creative & librarian I
thought I might be able to help by doing what I do best: finding/sharing
information. Below is part a series I am developing on the
<i>Sequestering Arts</i>. The notion is to provide links to
interesting, comforting, & creative online resources that you can
explore & enjoy while home- or place-bound.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The series can be accessed via the image link at left or <a href="http://danteswardrobe.blogspot.com/search/label/sequestering">this link</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>COMMUNICATION</b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"></span><b>Jay Miller | COVID Communication Skills: Pointers for Video Meetings | Video | Runtime: 5:40</b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/7WKfT5j98TM&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNFfp7FkmUjy4lsWmJyqIBGdwY68EQ" href="https://youtu.be/7WKfT5j98TM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/7WKfT5j98TM</a><br /><br />JJ Note:
Jay Miller is a professional voice coach. He recently
added this instructional to <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pSSFaBz6fIvIU7kcxzN1Q&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNEtcx2ilc6YS2uOcB2JR1BpNbiJRA" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pSSFaBz6fIvIU7kcxzN1Q" target="_blank">his YouTube channel</a>.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>THEATER | THEATRE | DANCE | MOVEMENT</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Theater | Theatre</span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Stratford Festival on Film | Love's Labour's Lost | Runtime: 2:42:40</b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/tq1YvubSKdc&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNHfDY9p0qi9ER4cRc2ov1ScufTKSg" href="https://youtu.be/tq1YvubSKdc" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/tq1YvubSKdc</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>National Black Theatre | NBT @ Home | Videos</b><br />Playlist: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/PiohTzKjq6o&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNG8krBu0KZvNF9hRQQtUcyGohi02Q" href="https://youtu.be/PiohTzKjq6o" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/PiohTzKjq6o</a><br />[From description] "
<span dir="auto"><i>About the series: NBT @ Home is a weekly series of artists in the NBT family engaging in one-on-one discussions with other creatives on topics including theater and the arts, community, health, and more</i>." </span>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Miracle Theatre | The Importance of Being Earnest
| By Oscar Wilde | Video | Runtime: 1:53:06</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/Cf79vaYdi2s&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNEzrRjQNhqxMgdsadAYzh8ldZyBJw" href="https://youtu.be/Cf79vaYdi2s" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/Cf79vaYdi2s</a><b><br /></b>[From description] <i>"</i><span dir="auto"><i>Miracle Theatre presents ‘the funniest play ever written’.
Set in 1912 with the Titanic sinking, mass production just beginning on the Morris Oxford and the Turkey Trot causing outrage across the dance floors of polite society, this tale of the strange contents of a handbag found at Victoria station cries out for the sort of surreal treatment that has become Miracle Theatre's hallmark.</i>"</span><br /><b>
</b><i>"Cornwall's award winning Miracle Theatre produces a rich mix of touring
theatre, always with a unique comic style, joyful use of language,
immediate visual appeal and suitable for anyone & everyone - and
we'd like to share the love with viewers around the world!"
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Compass Collective | <i>Imagine</i></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/watch/imagine-by-compass-collective/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNEIivEp_CDKZbwGyOEu6mJqCnFXtg" href="https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/watch/imagine-by-compass-collective/" target="_blank"><br />https://www.shakespearesglobe.<wbr></wbr>com/watch/imagine-by-compass-<wbr></wbr>collective/</a><br />[From website] "<i>Created in isolation by young people from across the UK, the film
combines spoken word, animations, lockdown stories and songs, and
invites everyone to celebrate the creativity and contribution of those
seeking sanctuary in tumultuous circumstances.The film will be released for <b>free across the Globe’s social media channels on Saturday 20 June, Refugee Day</b>. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.migrationmattersfestival.co.uk/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNFZ8FSCnoCDa8zzKbZ2iEM97-khfg" href="https://www.migrationmattersfestival.co.uk/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Migration Matters Festival</a> will host a live Q&A with members of <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.compasscollect.com/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNFAy1gUGaNnUIP2i_raPK-xlkvT-w" href="https://www.compasscollect.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Compass Collective</a> that evening. Further details can be found on their website and social media channels.</i>"
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>National Theatre (UK) | <i>The Madness of King George</i> | June 11-18, 2020 | Mark Gatiss as George III</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/fofiKCV9wGc&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNE2eW2bPWlXaFbsQmJZG8noZy_BTg" href="https://youtu.be/fofiKCV9wGc" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/fofiKCV9wGc</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /><span style="color: #990000;">Dance | Movement</span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>New York City Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1986)
| Runtime: 1:45:53<br />
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/tYz5GKkH_4s&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNHo2XYUoOc6dWb1gh92aFKkHYi89g" href="https://youtu.be/tYz5GKkH_4s" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tYz5GKkH_4s</a>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>HALLELUJAH - A Circus/Queer Film | By Matthew Richardson | Runtime: 5:33</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/KDgA2sxQIn8&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNELkWq54s8RXTPSqje5JBdOvWzTdQ" href="https://youtu.be/KDgA2sxQIn8" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/KDgA2sxQIn8</a><br />[From description - see full notes] "<span dir="auto"><i>Hallelujah” is a queer/circus concept about religion and the importance of choosing kindness regardless of our differences or beliefs. Religion is a tough subject for many in the LGBTQ community, and this piece is a reflection of the struggle and rejection we often feel. It tells the story of an individual troubled by the hate in the world and his partner who is fighting to lift him up, to remind him he is beautiful exactly how he is. My message is that religion should inspire more kindness and open arms, even towards those you may not understand.</i>"<br /><b><br /></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span dir="auto"></span>Symposium | Theresa Ruth Howard “Dark Muse: Balanchine and Blackness”<span dir="auto"></span>
</b><span dir="auto"><b>|
The Museum at FIT | Runtime: 24:35</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/JKPQzNAJfoM&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNGC3_ytkcdOlnzRO81bEJpJlUH7HQ" href="https://youtu.be/JKPQzNAJfoM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/JKPQzNAJfoM</a><br />[From description] "<i><span dir="auto">Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse was The Museum at FIT’s 23rd academic symposium. The one-day event explored the ways in which twentieth-century ballerinas and their glamorous, romantic costumes profoundly inspired modern fashion. </span><span dir="auto">Theresa Ruth Howard danced with Dance Theatre of Harlem and was a founding member of Armitage Gone! Dance. Founder and curator of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet, a website documenting nearly 500 dancers of color, Howard has become an internationally recognized teacher, lecturer, and consultant.</span></i>"
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Dance-Tryptich (1/3): Songhay Toldon<span dir="auto"></span> </b><span dir="auto"><b>| Interview (text) & Video | Runtime: 6:36</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://neu.schauspielhaus.ch/de/journal/18816/dance-tryptich-1-3-songhay-toldon&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNGh2X8RgI8YCnrHfmF37P0SOGMNaQ" href="https://neu.schauspielhaus.ch/de/journal/18816/dance-tryptich-1-3-songhay-toldon" target="_blank">https://neu.schauspielhaus.ch/<wbr></wbr>de/journal/18816/dance-<wbr></wbr>tryptich-1-3-songhay-toldon</a><br /><br />JJ Note: Toldon's choreography is eloquent and powerful, his dancing poignant, aggressive, and allusive. <br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>MUSEUMS | VIRTUAL TRAVEL</b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Pompeii Live from the British Museum | Video | Runtime: 1:27:27</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/0Cinu9yIbp0&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNGcDJ0MYwIUtn-ubMNsol0I44y70w" href="https://youtu.be/0Cinu9yIbp0" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/0Cinu9yIbp0</a><b><br /></b>[From description] "<span dir="auto"><i>In 2013 we broadcast live from our blockbuster exhibition Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum. This 90 minute broadcast presented by Bettany Hughes and Peter Snow includes interviews with Rachel De Thame, Giorgio Locatelli and Mary Beard.
Please be advised this recording is BBFC rated as 12A and contains some sexual imagery and swearing, viewer discretion is advised</i>."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span dir="auto"></span><b>Vikings: Live from the British Museum<span dir="auto"></span> </b><span dir="auto"><b>| Video | Runtime: 1:28:52</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/NuL0Q0tsid4&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNGyiPjPOEjhzIdWIN0xTz6PeayWWQ" href="https://youtu.be/NuL0Q0tsid4" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/NuL0Q0tsid4</a><br />[From description] "<span dir="auto"><i>The Vikings are coming... again! In 2014 we followed on from the success of Pompeii Live with another live broadcast- this time from the exhibition Vikings: life and legend. Here is that broadcast, presented by Bettany Hughes and Michael Wood, featuring the largest Viking warship ever found, Roskilde 6 along with interviews with Viking scholars from across the world. Michael and Bettany explore the viking world from the homelands to its farthest reaches, Viking ship craft, trading, warfare and religion are brought to life through the spectacular objects that were brought together for this blockbuster exhibition.
This video has a BBFC rating of 12A and contains descriptions of graphic violence that some viewers may find distressing, viewer discretion is advised</i>.</span>"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span dir="auto"><b>Cincinnati Zoo | Daily "Home Safaris"</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/live_videos/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817467000&usg=AFQjCNHKDLZ-3vNhIj1byHllPszIrLmOXg" href="https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/live_videos/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>cincinnatizoo/live_videos/</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span dir="auto"></span><b>[9:56 Hours] Train Journey to the Norwegian Arctic Circle, WINTER [1080HD] SlowTV</b><span dir="auto"><br />
<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/3rDjPLvOShM&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNHLo42BybO1DcxenDzaqT0-DYNzwQ" href="https://youtu.be/3rDjPLvOShM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/3rDjPLvOShM</a>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><br />READING | LITERATURE | NOVELS, GRAPHIC & TEXT</span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Public Domain Review | <i>Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)</i></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/old-english-customs&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNGBiHb4KjHW1O203-UDvenzJqa1gw" href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/old-english-customs" target="_blank"><br />https://publicdomainreview.<wbr></wbr>org/collection/old-english-<wbr></wbr>customs</a><b><i><br /></i></b>[From website] "<i>Some of the old English customs that Peter Hempson Ditchfield describes
in this fascinating late Victorian book are still familiar today. Carols
and plum pudding for Christmas, hot cross buns on Good Friday, the
maypole on May Day remain familiar features, if not of common English
experience, at least of nostalgic imagination. But many other customs
will be completely unfamiliar to twenty-first-century readers.</i>"
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>QueerReader.com </b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://queerreader.com/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNFVMjqmsb2bGhjfCnhBhb1ccJ3rFg" href="http://queerreader.com/" target="_blank">http://queerreader.com/ </a>
(Has an RSS feed link)
<br />[From About page] "<i>Dean Van de Motter is the editor and publisher of QueerReader.com. The
purpose of QueerReader.com is to provide information for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender readers seeking quality literature"</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>U.S. Copyright Office YouTube Channel</b><i><br />
</i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFBtCMrH0sf3CvA-K3s6r5g&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNH5cSbdMIrdH8BYMuCjvoNaxhQ-KQ" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFBtCMrH0sf3CvA-K3s6r5g" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>channel/UCFBtCMrH0sf3CvA-<wbr></wbr>K3s6r5g</a>
<i><br /></i><br />JJ: Their new instructionals are quite good.<i><br /></i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">MUSIC</span></b></span></div>
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<li>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Jean-Marie Leclair:
<span dir="auto">Sonata III
"Un poco Andante"</span></b> <br />Performed by: Saskia Birchler -
<span dir="auto">Violin, second half 18th Century </span>
& Miguel Rincón -
<span dir="auto">14c Archluth by Andreas V. Holst <br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/lwa-QN6YGco&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNGmGAnXzT4vZNK7UB6OzJApd6T5Hw" href="https://youtu.be/lwa-QN6YGco" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/lwa-QN6YGco</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span dir="auto"></span><b>African Music | African Conga Drums | Traditional African Drum Music | Video | Runtime" 3:02:35</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/4hPCuMfMv50&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNFIHuw5_MYta7QX0b8-hMaUiGOFPQ" href="https://youtu.be/4hPCuMfMv50" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/4hPCuMfMv50</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>NPRs "Tiny Desk Concerts now has a <i>Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts</i> channel on YouTube
</b><br />Playlist here: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list%3DPLy2PCKGkKRVYPm1tBwoX45ocAzuhVyvJX&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNHoziHkcWuZKogh_OlJaPwJ5OQNmg" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy2PCKGkKRVYPm1tBwoX45ocAzuhVyvJX" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>playlist?list=<wbr></wbr>PLy2PCKGkKRVYPm1tBwoX45ocAzuhV<wbr></wbr>yvJX</a><br />[From description] "<i>The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future.
Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts, bringing you
performance sessions from across the country.</i>"
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Elementary, My Dear Soundtrack | Tedium.co | By Andrew Egan</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tedium.co/2020/05/29/sherlock-holmes-music/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNHiFtlh76hSyUcVx1HRVqPrZmz5zg" href="https://tedium.co/2020/05/29/sherlock-holmes-music/" target="_blank"><br />https://tedium.co/2020/05/29/<wbr></wbr>sherlock-holmes-music/</a><br />[From website] "<i>Tedium takes you from foggy London to the
Australian Outback and even into the 22nd century as we look at some of
the amazing theme songs produced by the various versions of Sherlock
Holmes.</i>"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>10 Contemporary Black Classical Composers | Alternative Classical</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/living-black-composers&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNHP_yerw3QffUc5hpatsDz6UMXl4Q" href="https://www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/living-black-composers" target="_blank"><br />https://www.<wbr></wbr>alternativeclassical.co.uk/<wbr></wbr>features/living-black-<wbr></wbr>composers</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Library of Congress | The Boccaccio Project | <i>See</i> site for daily weekday concerts 15-26 June 2020</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.loc.gov/concerts/boccaccio-project/?loclr%3Dtwloc&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNFu5KUIfWMspjt6IIqPPd5M-Qm7Kg" href="https://www.loc.gov/concerts/boccaccio-project/?loclr=twloc" target="_blank"><br />https://www.loc.gov/concerts/<wbr></wbr>boccaccio-project/?loclr=twloc</a><b><br /></b>[From website] "<i>In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we draw on Boccaccio’s example
to offer some musical responses. We have asked 10 pairs of composers
and performers to write and perform brief solo works to be premiered
online over the course of 10 weekdays in June</i>." </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">QUIETING | MEDITATIONS</span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The Irish Blessing - over 300 churches from our island sing a blessing over Ireland and beyond | Video | Runtime: 6:50</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/TascsWZPj8U&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNHeY6pq3-UDR4Jufk7Af8YVFDkIJg" href="https://youtu.be/TascsWZPj8U" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/TascsWZPj8U</a><b><br /></b>[From description] <i>"</i><span dir="auto"><i>Individuals from 300 Christian churches and organisations located in every county on the island submitted self-recordings of vocals and instruments which have been compiled by our creative team to produce this music video - we hope you receive a blessing as you watch it.</i>" Click ""CC" for closed captioning.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span dir="auto"></span><b>The Silent Watcher | YouTube Channel</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSilentWatcherCom/featured&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNFa9ta1lbQIEfpHPTI3PymQ7_O-nw" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSilentWatcherCom/featured" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/<wbr></wbr>TheSilentWatcherCom/featured</a><br />[from About] "<i>Here you will find a unique and original collection of highest quality
relaxing videos. ALL of the footage and ambient sounds on this channel
are personally recorded, edited and produced by me and are not available
anywhere else.
The purpose of these videos is to help in healing and re-balancing the
mind, body and spirit, by helping people experience moments of peace,
clarity and relaxation. Produced with attention to detail, the videos
are available in 4K UltraHD or FullHD resolutions and high definition
audio for full immersion and a realistic experience</i>."</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">ART | CULTURE | MAKINGS | SELF CARE</span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Alphonso Dunn | Pen & Ink Drawing Tutorials | Ballpoint pen portrait demo
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/leuxyrQ48Jk&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNFlMOzWnINDE2cXpCL-K5fGYzeLmA" href="https://youtu.be/leuxyrQ48Jk" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/leuxyrQ48Jk</a><b><br /></b><br />JJ: I'm gearing up to take some online drawing courses. I have Dunn's books and am hauling together my drawing tools. Here's the link to Dunn's YouTube channel: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/user/LighterNoteProd&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNE4y-K2ZNsW8q2jmK3iNURbUnVOAQ" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/LighterNoteProd" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/<wbr></wbr>LighterNoteProd</a><br /><br />Also noteworthy in this video is that the subject of the portrait is Black author/activist James Baldwin. See this 1962 essay of his from <i>The New Yorker</i>, "Letters From a Region of My Mind" <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1962/11/17/letter-from-a-region-in-my-mind&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNHOXA5CLHmMsAON5_43G6EgBCVGYA" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1962/11/17/letter-from-a-region-in-my-mind" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/<wbr></wbr>magazine/1962/11/17/letter-<wbr></wbr>from-a-region-in-my-mind</a><br /><b><br /></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Easiest Self-haircut 2020 | How to Cut Your Own Hair </b>(best for white men/women with short styles;)<br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/ZrTC5D-zYBs&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNFrSuDuXj7c9F7ZrRjOBMrP1zX1Lw" href="https://youtu.be/ZrTC5D-zYBs" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ZrTC5D-zYBs</a><br /><br />JJ Note: I've been Bob's barber for years now. I've let him trim my hair . . . once . . . two weeks ago, and only in back. This video tempts me to try a self-trim, not quite as short--but it shows me how to use the tools we have.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Warp Earth Catalog</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://mailchi.mp/warprecords/warp-earth-catalog-01&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNEGezeyFSiUhMLS7QShAAVRixQJjw" href="https://mailchi.mp/warprecords/warp-earth-catalog-01" target="_blank">https://mailchi.mp/<wbr></wbr>warprecords/warp-earth-<wbr></wbr>catalog-01</a><br />[From website] "<i>Warp Earth Catalog is a weekly mixtape of ideas to inspire, inform,
enable and energize creativity and positivity in a time of global
disruption and uncertainty. Based on the classic countercultural guide
the Whole Earth Catalog and its credo of ‘access to tools’, these are
tools for strength, awareness and thoughtful entertainment. From
wherever in the world we are, let’s support each other, make things and
help maintain the ecosystem of independent creativity.</i>"
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Can We Escape From Information Overload? | 1843 Magazine | By Tom Lamont</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.1843magazine.com/features/can-we-escape-from-information-overload&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNFC82ub23nXcuDfDqGHjIDxkoCOEg" href="https://www.1843magazine.com/features/can-we-escape-from-information-overload" target="_blank"><br />https://www.1843magazine.com/<wbr></wbr>features/can-we-escape-from-<wbr></wbr>information-overload</a><br /><i>An artist tries to live in total darkness for 30 days.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>This Mural in Queens Highlights COVID-19’s Impact on People of Color | An image of a brave doctor, large enough to be seen from space.
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/queens-coronavirus-doctor-mural?utm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Datlas-page&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNEl4cqSvbbvHo3l1XjiE6cjMPzL8A" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/queens-coronavirus-doctor-mural?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=atlas-page" target="_blank"><br />https://www.atlasobscura.com/<wbr></wbr>articles/queens-coronavirus-<wbr></wbr>doctor-mural?utm_source=<wbr></wbr>twitter&utm_medium=atlas-page</a><b><br /></b>[From website] "<i>In the parking lot of the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://queensmuseum.org/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNFtoHke2kMZ9tAs1OWViCTpCSW32Q" href="https://queensmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Queens Museum</a>,
at the heart of one of the American neighborhoods most impacted by the
coronavirus, a masked face now looks up at the sky, large enough to be
seen from space. This is the face of the late medical doctor Ydelfonso
Decoo, who was thinking about retirement before the pandemic struck.
Rather than retire, he treated coronavirus patients from his community,
and subsequently died of COVID-19</i>."
<br /><br />JJ:<b> </b>This is an astounding work of public art. Included is a description of its inception and video about its making.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Architecture Hub |
Belgian Guy Creates An Archive Of Ugly Belgian Houses
| Via The Mind Circle</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://themindcircle.com/ugly-belgian-houses/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817468000&usg=AFQjCNH8sF7xbKnExPleyi17HSGAdgV2IQ" href="https://themindcircle.com/ugly-belgian-houses/" target="_blank"><br />https://themindcircle.com/<wbr></wbr>ugly-belgian-houses/</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Mind Circle | Artist Paints Beautiful Flowers on All Over The Walls During Quarantine
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://themindcircle.com/paints-walls/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNGlIftiA8xV-4AO7RIhuLEhVE5HMA" href="https://themindcircle.com/paints-walls/" target="_blank">https://themindcircle.com/<wbr></wbr>paints-walls/</a><br /><br />JJ Note: see the website of the artist too: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nathalie-lete.com/home&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNGrTDgTkRlcQEQjw-ejTP01ZnUvZQ" href="https://www.nathalie-lete.com/home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nathalie Lété</a>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><br />FOOD | CULINARY</span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Easy One Bowl Strawberry Cake | The CooknShare</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/CbvrEb4OMDc&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNFKqtRflgcRN2GjNcAgFfN4wEk--Q" href="https://youtu.be/CbvrEb4OMDc" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/CbvrEb4OMDc</a><br /><br />JJ Note: <i>See</i> the notes below the video for cooking commentary and recommendations for substitutions.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Canning Butter | Just a Pinch Recipes</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/sauce-spread-spread/canning-butter.html&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNHFWfL1LkuAaJxe3qkFaJazK7su3g" href="https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/sauce-spread-spread/canning-butter.html" target="_blank"><br />https://www.justapinch.com/<wbr></wbr>recipes/sauce-spread/sauce-<wbr></wbr>spread-spread/canning-butter.<wbr></wbr>html</a><br /><br />JJ: I included this mostly for fun . . . canning butter? Who knew? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Tahini Biscuits </b>(i.e., cookies)<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://metmunch.com/cook/tahini-biscuits/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNEMA7dzXDtyF3jNlnxTtmXVgVNDdA" href="https://metmunch.com/cook/tahini-biscuits/" target="_blank"><br />https://metmunch.com/cook/<wbr></wbr>tahini-biscuits/</a><br />JJ: Note: These look like a version of peanut butter cookies. Recipe with how-to pics. Looks pretty simple!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Beer Bread </b>(Bread that uses beer rather than yeast for leavening)</span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sew-much-to-do.tumblr.com/post/620295704855855104&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNHWCHotPQqN9yEsKyNYB_zyTCFP_w" href="https://sew-much-to-do.tumblr.com/post/620295704855855104" target="_blank"><br />https://sew-much-to-do.tumblr.<wbr></wbr>com/post/620295704855855104</a></span>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Building the Perfect Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder | Video | Runtime: 21:39</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/hFZFjoX2cGg&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNFig2pTrBzgbNwv7rPDmelTW5r-bQ" href="https://youtu.be/hFZFjoX2cGg" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/hFZFjoX2cGg</a><br />A squirrel obstacle course! A mechanical engineer takes on the ingenious rodents.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>PAPERCRAFT MODELS of Vintage Computers | Rockey Bergen, Artist & Designer</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rockybergen.com/papercraft&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNE67DCpp2-syQeQnjf2ayGJ-rrfxw" href="http://rockybergen.com/papercraft" target="_blank">http://rockybergen.com/<wbr></wbr>papercraft</a><br />[From website] "<i>Construct the computer from your childhood or build an entire computer
museum at home with these paper models, free to download and share. Print, Cut, Score, Fold and Glue</i>."
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Architecture Hub | This Guy Noticed Jigsaw Puzzle Companies Use The Same Patterns, So He Made Some Mashups
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://themindcircle.com/jigsaw-puzzle-companies-use-the-same-patterns/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNEFPLCi7iRJ7ELHvyL8hy8eRiMysA" href="https://themindcircle.com/jigsaw-puzzle-companies-use-the-same-patterns/" target="_blank"><br />https://themindcircle.com/<wbr></wbr>jigsaw-puzzle-companies-use-<wbr></wbr>the-same-patterns/</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Marginalia Hero </b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://kebabgames.itch.io/marginalia-hero&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNHiRasGRcIVeKX2f068xSN4Y9MyJA" href="https://kebabgames.itch.io/marginalia-hero" target="_blank">https://kebabgames.itch.io/<wbr></wbr>marginalia-hero</a><br />[From website] "<i>An arcade game with RPG elements in medieval marginalia setting (
strange and weird drawings from illuminated manuscripts). You are about
to fight creatures and monsters, which were really painted by medieval
artists about 5 centuries ago.</i>"
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>How We Got To Sesame Street | <i>The New Yorker</i> | by Jill Lepore</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/11/how-we-got-to-sesame-street&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNGx3cc9gqn1DA7keCQG01gATjyzqA" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/11/how-we-got-to-sesame-street" target="_blank"><br />https://www.newyorker.com/<wbr></wbr>magazine/2020/05/11/how-we-<wbr></wbr>got-to-sesame-street</a><br /><i>Review of the 50 years of Sesame Street, including how they came up with the name.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Atlas Obscura | The Utilitarian Pleasures of Playing Board Games By Yourself</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/utilitarian-pleasures-playing-board-games-by-yourself.amp?&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNHB_qde4t0cXlv5ZpxM2SUtWS33EA" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/utilitarian-pleasures-playing-board-games-by-yourself.amp?" target="_blank"><br />https://www.atlasobscura.com/<wbr></wbr>articles/utilitarian-<wbr></wbr>pleasures-playing-board-games-<wbr></wbr>by-yourself.amp?</a><b><br /></b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Open Culture | A Free 700-Page Chess Manual Explains 1,000 Chess Tactics in Plain English
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.openculture.com/2017/04/a-free-700-page-chess-manual-explains-1000-chess-tactics-in-plain-english.html&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNGgLxXQv6dZG8tAwTZz-j4eaQM9Vg" href="http://www.openculture.com/2017/04/a-free-700-page-chess-manual-explains-1000-chess-tactics-in-plain-english.html" target="_blank">http://www.openculture.com/<wbr></wbr>2017/04/a-free-700-page-chess-<wbr></wbr>manual-explains-1000-chess-<wbr></wbr>tactics-in-plain-english.html</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">
<span style="color: black;"><b>Black Central European Studies Network (BCESN) | A
collection of historical sources with introductions, arranged by chronological era, available in English and German</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blackcentraleurope.com/sources/1500-1750/&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNGGmfZmhmZapkjU8xoQTLxiSZuXHw" href="https://blackcentraleurope.com/sources/1500-1750/" target="_blank"><br />https://blackcentraleurope.<wbr></wbr>com/sources/1500-1750/</a><b><br /></b>[From About Us page] "<i>(BCESN) is a network of historians spread across four different time zones and located on two different continents.</i>
<i>The mission of Black Central Europe is to further knowledge about
the Black Diaspora in German-speaking Central Europe in order to
challenge racialized presumptions about history, national belonging, and
citizenship in the region."</i></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">
<b>Vulture | 21 TV Procedurals to Watch That Aren't About Police by Kathryn VanArendonk </b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/21-crime-procedurals-without-police.html&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNEaNkN0cleQ6lxQFiHUXTCOWCliiw" href="https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/21-crime-procedurals-without-police.html" target="_blank">https://www.vulture.com/2020/<wbr></wbr>06/21-crime-procedurals-<wbr></wbr>without-police.html</a><br />[From<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/kvanaren/status/1270773976789286913?s%3D03&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNFq-LtxlVA-5l864ypBhnM9YQTHwA" href="https://twitter.com/kvanaren/status/1270773976789286913?s=03" target="_blank"> Kathryn VanArendonk's Tweet feed comment</a>] "<i>So you like to watch procedurals, but you're thinking maybe you should watch fewer shows about cops</i>."
<br /><br />JJ Note: The shows mentioned are available via various paid/cable services only.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Article:</span></span></b><b>
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice | Medium .com</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNGxeTHP9JJctScmCMUWx76BVDA8fQ" href="https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234" target="_blank"><br />https://medium.com/equality-<wbr></wbr>includes-you/what-white-<wbr></wbr>people-can-do-for-racial-<wbr></wbr>justice-f2d18b0e0234</a><b><br /></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Author N.K. Jemisen on assisting with legal defense for arrested protestors | Click on "Show this thread" if it doesn't show</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1270387121501716480&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNGUUf4TkP_itN0EE7kIHttY1EXNjg" href="https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1270387121501716480" target="_blank"><br />https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/<wbr></wbr>status/1270387121501716480</a><b><br /></b>[From her Tweet thread intro] "<i>Folks, lots of us have sent around links to bail funds & mutual aid,
but the next phase of the fight is going to be legal defense for
arrested protestors. Cities play mad legal games to defend the status
quo, erode the 1st Amendment, and "make examples" of those who want
change</i>."
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Peter Brathwaite | ReDISCOVERING black portRaiture through the getty museum challenge</b>
<br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://peterbrathwaitebaritone.com/rediscoveringblackportraiture&source=gmail&ust=1592073817469000&usg=AFQjCNG8l6xfOHAQ4mg2Ibi_pV-nZgodBA" href="http://peterbrathwaitebaritone.com/rediscoveringblackportraiture" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>peterbrathwaitebaritone.com/<wbr></wbr>rediscoveringblackportraiture</a></span></li>
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J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-1674731567087713952020-05-31T13:20:00.002-05:002020-05-31T13:20:50.730-05:00Sequestrian Arts | May 31, 2020<br />
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Minneapolis this past week where George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered,
I feel it necessary to add a section to these links on Social Justice. The links are located at the end of this list. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>COMMUNICATION SKILLS | COVID</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Jay Miller is a professional voice coach. He recently
posted the following instructional on his YouTube channel. It's very
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>COVID Communication Skills: Speaking Through A Mask </b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/NLDzTC9VEys&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNEDZzONZwiiooBldLLiLMrVjDHdkQ" href="https://youtu.be/NLDzTC9VEys" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/NLDzTC9VEys</a><b><br />
</b>[From description] "<i>Clear communication skills are always important, but speaking clearly
just got a little harder if you have to wear a face mask in public
places. Here are some potential problems you may experience when
speaking through a face mask as well as some suggestions for optimizing
the clarity of your communication"
<br /></i><br />JJ Note: Mr. Miller's Voice & Speech channel is here: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pSSFaBz6fIvIU7kcxzN1Q&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNEdtPXRf7pcRsImXtO8UhiIzbNbvg" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pSSFaBz6fIvIU7kcxzN1Q" target="_blank"><br />https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>channel/<wbr></wbr>UC3pSSFaBz6fIvIU7kcxzN1Q</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>CULTURE | LANGUAGE</b></span></span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>
Open Culture | Learn 48 Languages Online for Free: Spanish, Chinese, English & More<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNFx0KeGPgoOcMGI0Vub688ssvmHjw" href="http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons" target="_blank"><br /></a></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNFx0KeGPgoOcMGI0Vub688ssvmHjw" href="http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons" target="_blank">http://www.openculture.com/<wbr></wbr>freelanguagelessons
<br /><br />
</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Victoria & Albert Museum | Curator Tour | Kimono: <i>Kyoto to Catwalk</i></b>Playlist (5 videos): <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list%3DPLe2ihXndm5jtNACjllBkZstI0H8ts251S&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNGONEBS56eE797Yl22E0scPjFrz4g" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe2ihXndm5jtNACjllBkZstI0H8ts251S" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>playlist?list=<wbr></wbr>PLe2ihXndm5jtNACjllBkZstI0H8ts<wbr></wbr>251S</a><br />[From description] <i>"These films take you on a personal curator tour of our exhibition
Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk.
Captured as the museum was closing its doors for a while, curator Anna
Jackson guides you through the exhibition spaces, providing a personal
insight into the making of the show, star exhibits and the fascinating
history of the kimono. Sometimes perceived as traditional, timeless and
unchanging, Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk counters this conception,
presenting the garment as a dynamic and constantly evolving icon of
fashion."
<br /><br /></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Kunio Kobayashi Bonsai demonstration <br />(Music but no narration, Runtime: 7:31)</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/d2HNJh8XBt8&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNHjs4gQpsOk4UtCscBH4Ib715C4ig" href="https://youtu.be/d2HNJh8XBt8" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/d2HNJh8XBt8</a><b><br /></b>[From description] "<i><span dir="auto">Kunio
Kobayashi styled this Taxus tree at the Crespi Cup in Italy. Lots of
pruning, heavy bending and work on the deadwood. This is the tree's
initial styling - work will continue on refining the structure and
ramification in the years to come."</span></i>
</span>
</li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /><span style="color: #990000;">THEATER | THEATRE | DANCE | NARRATION</span></b></span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Royal Shakespeare Company | Sonnets in Solitude</b><br />Playlist: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list%3DPLSIxo_5qCKQjrXHGJvVQ7ppaBkH5D8P2b&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNFmZTziTFmOGwo4DdfmxJFr9c945A" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSIxo_5qCKQjrXHGJvVQ7ppaBkH5D8P2b" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>playlist?list=PLSIxo_<wbr></wbr>5qCKQjrXHGJvVQ7ppaBkH5D8P2b</a><br />RSC Project Info webpage: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeares-sonnets/sonnets-in-solitude&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNFxp0YZv_p_4a0afYvaJmjgMcteMw" href="https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeares-sonnets/sonnets-in-solitude" target="_blank">https://www.rsc.org.uk/<wbr></wbr>shakespeares-sonnets/sonnets-<wbr></wbr>in-solitude</a><br /><br />[From this RSC website on the project] "<i>Here at the RSC, as we all face this period of prolonged closure, we
have turned to those same sonnets for inspiration and invited our acting
companies to record the sonnets</i>."
<br /><br />JJ Note: Actor Patrick Stewart continues to read #ASonnetADay on his Twitter feed here: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/SirPatStew&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNGO6dnhl5Zqhea5G4OVc968f0gRGA" href="https://twitter.com/SirPatStew" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/SirPatStew<br /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
<b><i>Anno Domino</i></b> <b>| New, online-only play</b><br />Playwright
Alan Ayckbourn and his actor wife have performed the world premiere of
his 84th play in their sitting room and people can listen to it online
from today (5/25). The pair play all eight parts in <i>Anno Domino</i> which people can access via the Stephen Joseph Theatre (SJT) website<span></span> <b>until 25 June</b>.
<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/SirPatStew&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNGO6dnhl5Zqhea5G4OVc968f0gRGA" href="https://twitter.com/SirPatStew" target="_blank">https://www.sjt.uk.com/<wbr></wbr>annodomino<br /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: Moon Water (full performance) | Runtime: 1:07:59<br />
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/uJABXU15MbA&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNFP9NH7_ilx5OzpJbc5v2OgdZLGhg" href="https://youtu.be/uJABXU15MbA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/uJABXU15MbA</a><br />[From Wikipedia] "<i>Cloud
Gate Dance Theatre is a modern dance group based in Taiwan, the first
of its kind in Taiwan and Asia. It was founded by choreographer Lin
Hwai-min in 1973</i>."
<br /><b><br /></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Stratford Festival (ON, Canada) | The Tempest | Stratford Festival On Film</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/AZREpz1ZH6Q&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNHYdYCDK74uSax35s843orvmYlmcw" href="https://youtu.be/AZREpz1ZH6Q" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/AZREpz1ZH6Q</a><b><br /></b>[From description] "M<i>agic is in the air! In Shakespeare’s great drama of loss and
reconciliation, a deposed ruler uses magic to summon the enemies who
marooned her on a remote island. This elaborate, eye-popping production
is anchored by a performance full of “passion and power” by theatre
legend Martha Henry – “the poetry emerging from her lips is something to
behold.”
"<br /><br /></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>
</i><b>Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater </b><i><br /></i>[From description] "<i>Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater grew from a now-fabled performance in
March 1958 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Led by Alvin Ailey
and a group of young African-American modern dancers, that performance
changed forever the perception of American dance. The Ailey company has
gone on to perform for an estimated 23 million people at theaters in 48
states and 71 countries on six continents -- as well as millions more
through television broadcasts. The company has earned a reputation as
one of the most acclaimed international ambassadors of American culture,
promoting the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience
and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dance.</i>"<br /><b>Playlists for individual performances:</b> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/user/AileyOrganization/playlists&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNFs1uE0A4gzSt0ZNWkOZfLV_FzIoQ" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AileyOrganization/playlists" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/<wbr></wbr>AileyOrganization/playlists</a><br /><i><br /></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Hamilton at the White House | The Obama White House - sponsored by the National Archives</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/_edbv-LPX9c&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNG8dCLtzuiXdmMmbeOjGBr4d4A8eA" href="https://youtu.be/_edbv-LPX9c" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/_edbv-LPX9c</a><b><br /></b>[From description] "<i>On March 14, 2016, the President and First Lady hosted local students
and the cast of Broadway musical Hamilton for a daylong celebration of
the arts in America. Watch the cast perform musical selections
"Alexander Hamilton" and "Schuyler Sisters" in the East Room.</i>"
<br /><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum</b>[From Description] "<i>Since 1984, New Yorkers have been able to see, hear, and meet the most
acclaimed artists in the world, in an intimate setting unlike any other.
Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, has
championed new works, offered audiences unprecedented access to our
generation's leading creators and performers, and hosted post-show
receptions for the audiences and artists to continue the discussion.
Each performance uniquely combines artistic creation and stimulating
conversation and takes place in the Guggenheim's intimate Frank Lloyd
Wright-designed 285-seat Peter B. Lewis Theater. Described by The New
York Times as "an exceptional opportunity to understand something of the
creative process," Works & Process is produced by founder Mary
Sharp Cronson. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.worksandprocess.org&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNHLfPLkIfuOovQdwxXc7YfitO7XDw" href="http://www.worksandprocess.org/" target="_blank">www.worksandprocess.org</a></i>"
</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Theater playlist</b> | 20 videos: <br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list%3DPLJ08rQmWB63RZJBpjW483i7J0SNk-1emr&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNGh2pw9ZHz6eaZ7NLuKtQuW7y9_Lg" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ08rQmWB63RZJBpjW483i7J0SNk-1emr" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>playlist?list=<wbr></wbr>PLJ08rQmWB63RZJBpjW483i7J0SNk-<wbr></wbr>1emr<br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Dance playlist</b> | 72 videos: <br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list%3DPLJ08rQmWB63T-fVg-F1xrlvcS5y4cYS1A&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNG0DjVQHC5qFtJpzPmD6jM5kTVi4g" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ08rQmWB63T-fVg-F1xrlvcS5y4cYS1A" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>playlist?list=PLJ08rQmWB63T-<wbr></wbr>fVg-F1xrlvcS5y4cYS1A<br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ballet playlist</b> | 41 videos: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list%3DPLJ08rQmWB63SUygtbAA8yb0tSWOCclGUB&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNEZ_PhRhZTrOc-7ovONLp-TwDf0JA" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ08rQmWB63SUygtbAA8yb0tSWOCclGUB" target="_blank"><br />https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>playlist?list=<wbr></wbr>PLJ08rQmWB63SUygtbAA8yb0tSWOCc<wbr></wbr>lGUB<br /><br /></a></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Brian Cox in "John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues"<br />
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08f6xzv&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNHoidb5VZSJ7RmQJ0sIVBl4W4D9nw" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08f6xzv" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/<wbr></wbr>programmes/p08f6xzv</a><b><br /></b>A new, 10-minute Rebus short story by Ian Rankin, as performed by Brian Cox in his kitchen.<span style="color: #990000;"></span><br /><span style="color: #990000;"></span></span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><br />ART | DESIGN | MAKING</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"></span><b>Before & After Street Art Transformations<br />
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://themindcircle.com/before-after-street-art-boring-wall-transformation/&source=gmail&ust=1591032372789000&usg=AFQjCNFlxLdYnPjqieAiuHM6IIYoFlGXRg" href="https://themindcircle.com/before-after-street-art-boring-wall-transformation/" target="_blank">https://themindcircle.com/<wbr></wbr>before-after-street-art-<wbr></wbr>boring-wall-transformation/<br /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SketchyNatalia | How to Use Watercolour Pencils | Runtime: 9:11</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/rMdmerergXI&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNEpiiWhm4xTh4gbQIwi_cGWqQE6BQ" href="https://youtu.be/rMdmerergXI" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/rMdmerergXI<br /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The National Gallery</b><br />Topic playlists: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/user/nationalgalleryuk/playlists&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNH5h2jhJitx7hXdtZjr4W3D6smJBg" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/nationalgalleryuk/playlists" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/<wbr></wbr>nationalgalleryuk/playlists</a><br />[From description] "<i>Watch the National Gallery's official YouTube channel to discover the
stories behind the world’s greatest paintings and artists from the 13th
to early 20th centuries. Enjoy interviews with leading art experts, live
recordings of talks and events, and insights into our latest
exhibitions.</i>"<br /><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Frick Collection (NY)</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/LEyC8g94MZE&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNGW6-XPW_bAFBCS6IHwrAa_p76DPw" href="https://youtu.be/LEyC8g94MZE" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/LEyC8g94MZE</a><b><br /></b>[From description] "T<i>o celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2010, The Frick Collection launched
a new orientation film. Narrated by members of the Frick's senior
staff, this eleven-minute presentation was produced and directed by the
award-winning filmmaker Christopher Noey.</i>"
<br /><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece, Featuring 4,000 Illustrations: See Them Online</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.openculture.com/2020/02/jules-vernes-voyages-extraordinaires.html?utm_campaign%3Dmeetedgar%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dmeetedgar.com&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNG_HTZ_pIYQ1eTVFwnTfnmrkL7FBw" href="http://www.openculture.com/2020/02/jules-vernes-voyages-extraordinaires.html?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com" target="_blank"><br />http://www.openculture.com/<wbr></wbr>2020/02/jules-vernes-voyages-<wbr></wbr>extraordinaires.html?utm_<wbr></wbr>campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=<wbr></wbr>social&utm_source=meetedgar.<wbr></wbr>com<br /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Faber-Castell | "How we make pencils" on YouTube </b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/aPb-slJH9Vs&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNG1uxco_XYOrcaHMzgPvUu6bkVw4w" href="https://youtu.be/aPb-slJH9Vs" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/aPb-slJH9Vs</a><b><br /></b>[From description] "<i>Producing 2.3 billion pencils a year and being in the business for over
257 years, Faber-Castell has a sound know-how of how quality pencils are
made. Have a look behind the scenes of our manufacturing.</i>"
</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>MUSIC</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span><b>Gotan Project <br />
</b><u>What is Gotan Project?</u><b> </b>[From Wikipedia] "Gotan Project
is a musical group based in Paris (France), consisting of musicians
Eduardo Makaroff (Argentine), Philippe Cohen Solal (French) and
Christoph H. Müller (Swiss), a former member of Touch El Arab."<b><br /></b></span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Best of Gotan Project (Full Album)<span style="color: black;"></span>
</b><span style="color: black;"><b>| Runtime: 1:14:11</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/AJBBY2hJaps&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFwcDirXKRN_4UWIocqbtKe5TmkQA" href="https://youtu.be/AJBBY2hJaps" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/AJBBY2hJaps</a><b><br /></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>
<span dir="auto"> La Revancha del Tango (2001)</span>
| Album playlist</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list%3DPLTbRCfwlwgs9CrzcPYDqNI5sGq7M3w4is&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNEGm_uLquImZBQqg9zwa_07suFQPg" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTbRCfwlwgs9CrzcPYDqNI5sGq7M3w4is" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>playlist?list=<wbr></wbr>PLTbRCfwlwgs9CrzcPYDqNI5sGq7M3<wbr></wbr>w4is</a></span><span style="color: black;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></span></li>
</ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Concert Roulette</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.culturewhisper.com/r/classical_music/concert_roulette_alternative_classical_jukebox/15491&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFh5jEtUKcDrOTUQBgBzB-5mRRAlg" href="https://www.culturewhisper.com/r/classical_music/concert_roulette_alternative_classical_jukebox/15491" target="_blank"><br />https://www.culturewhisper.<wbr></wbr>com/r/classical_music/concert_<wbr></wbr>roulette_alternative_<wbr></wbr>classical_jukebox/15491</a><b><br /></b>[From webpage] "<i>This has to be the most musical fun since lockdown began. Solo artists
and ensembles all over the world have come together as if on a single
platform, playing concert favourites, overlooked music and contemporary
sounds.</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Concert Roulette is the brainchild of
classical innovators Hannah Fiddy and Hanna Grzeskiewicz, who as
Alternative Classical showcase many great London performers and venues.
These include Nonclassical, Spitalfields Music, the London Sinfonietta,
Kings Place and the dynamic composer Gabriel Prokofiev.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To play Concert Roulette, music-lovers can choose a complete <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://roulette.alternativeclassical.co.uk/&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNGba6V_kY4KG_fglBFu-M5xk_18iA" href="https://roulette.alternativeclassical.co.uk/" target="_blank">lucky dip</a>,
or, if the mood takes them, opt for any combination of Renaissance,
Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th-century or Contemporary.</i>"<br /><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Musicians on Lockdown<br /></b>A number of creatives are innovating in their work and sharing their creations. Musicians are right in there--search Google on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/search?client%3Dfirefox-b-1-d%26q%3Dmusicians%2Blockdown&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFovHiQi5eEHegG8uR4iyfejCl3vg" href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=musicians+lockdown" target="_blank"><i>musicians lockdown</i></a> to see how extensively! Here is a curated set of presentations I've especially enjoyed:<br /></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Alex Krebs & Andrew Oliver Duo "Felicia" and "La Cumparsita"</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/nSWx8tFCSik&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNEK-NBYSviiFQyXybf9bK5nl_XHFQ" href="https://youtu.be/nSWx8tFCSik" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/nSWx8tFCSik</a><b><br />
</b>[From description] <i>Recorded live in Portland, Oregon, USA and London, UK, April, 2020
<br /><br /></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ozomatli - Cuando Canto: Quarantunes 2020</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/jpAYZKX2Cz4&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNGk61xHoanNXgugvgMjJu7HGIAvEw" href="https://youtu.be/jpAYZKX2Cz4" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/jpAYZKX2Cz4</a><b><br />
</b><span dir="auto">[From Description] "</span><i><span dir="auto">Brought to you via our living rooms and home studios during </span>#quarantine2020<span dir="auto">."<br /><br /></span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2020: An Isolation Odyssey | 40 musicians play epic intro from Kubrick classic during UK lockdown</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/nt8FhIVmR8M&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNG75daN62VdAhqn63YDCoUo4QJKxA" href="https://youtu.be/nt8FhIVmR8M" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/nt8FhIVmR8M</a><b><br />
</b><span dir="auto">[From description] "</span><i><span dir="auto">When
our concert performances of Strauss’ 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' were
cancelled as the coronavirus pandemic intensified, players from the
Orchestra of Opera North decided that the show must go on – virtually.
Here is the first few minutes (most famously used in '2001: A Space
Odyssey') played by musicians from 40 different homes under the UK
lockdown, conducted from Sweden by Tobias Ringborg."<br /><br /></span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span dir="auto"></span></i><b>Jannat-e-Khas Music Video | Qawali Song ft Krishna Bongane, Nila Madhav Mohapatra | Shabin</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/53mgkWt-rBk&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFmrBXZV2o_lrU0eJwmQ6U1XjVKxw" href="https://youtu.be/53mgkWt-rBk" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/53mgkWt-rBk</a><b><br />
</b><span dir="auto">[From description] "<i>Magic happens when music unites. 17 artists from 6 cities across India got together to create this
song of hope - of an ideal world, filled with love, harmony and peace. To a world that is in need of
empathy and healing, we present to you this labour of love - ‘Jannat-e-Khas’</i> "<br /><br />JJ Note: See the full description for the amazing number of people involved in this.<br /><br /></span></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Some Single-Song Items<br /><br /></span></span></b></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<ul><ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Slow | Easeful | Calming<br /><br /></b></span></span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"></span><b>
David Allen Wehr | Rêverie (From
<i>Claude Debussy</i>
album)</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/xjjsXcL5bKs&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNH1-L8fUxoAD7OZ6-I0HVY0ZJceFg" href="https://youtu.be/xjjsXcL5bKs" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/xjjsXcL5bKs<br /><br /></a></span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>John Doyle (From <i>Shadow & Light</i> album)</b></span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Selkie | </b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/hvx9Nt1rANs&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNH1VZLQuE80kPy-IVq7eZKC25SXsQ" href="https://youtu.be/hvx9Nt1rANs" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/hvx9Nt1rANs</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Liberty's Sweet Shore | </b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/nqFKR7kiEHY&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNH45piQ6phYgcapoVSJBm4rZ6ligQ" href="https://youtu.be/nqFKR7kiEHY" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/nqFKR7kiEHY<br /><br /></a></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mark Knopfler (From <i>Tracker</i> album)</b></span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Long Cool Girl | </b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/_Nt7imJkk6o&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNGV08uCFEvKOAkZUcW9M1z9BUUkXw" href="https://youtu.be/_Nt7imJkk6o" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/_Nt7imJkk6o</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lights Of Taormina | </b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/XGYrpEo_JwE&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNHJpKxwLL4-cDxZbYHv0s0TbfF_YA" href="https://youtu.be/XGYrpEo_JwE" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/XGYrpEo_JwE<br /><b><br /></b></a></span></li>
</ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Carlos Libedinsky | Otra Luna (From <i>Narcotango</i> album)</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/3X3kGZgVDPo&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNEvZQdXqkdaGjybQ33BJzjdP01wRQ" href="https://youtu.be/3X3kGZgVDPo" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/3X3kGZgVDPo<br /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Randal Bays |</b> <b>Slip Jigs: The Mother's Day / Elizabeth Kelly's Delight<br />(From <i>Masters of the Irish Guitar</i> album)</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/gmg6nsfbHh8&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNEpqBt72IQa2JY7Vrj8fleYpeyFMA" href="https://youtu.be/gmg6nsfbHh8" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/gmg6nsfbHh8</a><b><br /><br /></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Kings & Beggars |</b> <b>Lute Duo - BAROQUE INSIGHT 2</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/wyHBbg_uFkw&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFyaVDF-nsPrQPQyinIvpvkuBFBlQ" href="https://youtu.be/wyHBbg_uFkw" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/wyHBbg_uFkw</a></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Fast(er) | Energetic | Danceable<br /><br /></b></span></span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: black;">Village People | Y.M.C.A.</span></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/khOFB1Erzdg&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFEQb_sE4tjQ9ZyLNuT7P0hXDyy6Q" href="https://youtu.be/khOFB1Erzdg" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/khOFB1Erzdg<br /><br /></a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">The Proclaimers | I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (2011 Remaster)</span></b><span style="color: black;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/aJ9usrpAPao&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFiuZZm7cquHyZ08V3ytAD8f_pybQ" href="https://youtu.be/aJ9usrpAPao" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/aJ9usrpAPao</a><br />JJ Note: I know, I know . . . but it's a fun tune and this is the remastered version!<br /><br /></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span><b>ABBA | Dancing Queen (Official Video)</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/xFrGuyw1V8s&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFjFDkE8yj9luIu7SQPX7UnCQWqkA" href="https://youtu.be/xFrGuyw1V8s" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/xFrGuyw1V8s<br /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>B52s | Planet Claire</b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/uaXtqSmUlxA&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFZIL1pMMmR5aeQiDemg1SODM8GYA" href="https://youtu.be/uaXtqSmUlxA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/uaXtqSmUlxA<br /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (Official Video) ft. Bruno Mars
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/uaXtqSmUlxA&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFZIL1pMMmR5aeQiDemg1SODM8GYA" href="https://youtu.be/uaXtqSmUlxA" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/OPf0YbXqDm0<br /><br /><br /></a></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>RELAXATION | QUIETING</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"></span><b>Relax to the sounds of British wildlife<span style="color: #990000;"></span>
</b><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="color: black;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2020/may/20/relax-to-the-sounds-of-british-wildlife&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNH67trXMpkfzJoynIEAkbyO0jRgIw" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2020/may/20/relax-to-the-sounds-of-british-wildlife" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/<wbr></wbr>environment/ng-interactive/<wbr></wbr>2020/may/20/relax-to-the-<wbr></wbr>sounds-of-british-wildlife</a><br />[From website] "</span>
<i><span style="color: black;">Our interactive takes you on an audiovisual journey through a lush forest across the course of a day."<br /><br /></span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><b>The Silent Watcher |</b></span></span><b> 4K High Mountains - Beautiful Nature Video & Relaxing Natural Sounds - Ultra HD - 2160p
</b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><br /><b>Runtime: 1:00:00:07</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/VtvBpcyQP9M&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNG-QUQfxOMXpawfcMhYh7NVmHpBrw" href="https://youtu.be/VtvBpcyQP9M" target="_blank"><br />https://youtu.be/VtvBpcyQP9M<br /></a><br /></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span><b>Sufjan Stevens, Lowell Brams - Aporia [Official Album Playlist] | 21 videos</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list%3DPLcCRbLljsLUeK7ru-0ww4VySMs1XbuSEt&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNGO37Hcbvlk8MdswNuIK753tQNgWw" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCRbLljsLUeK7ru-0ww4VySMs1XbuSEt" target="_blank"><br />https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>playlist?list=<wbr></wbr>PLcCRbLljsLUeK7ru-<wbr></wbr>0ww4VySMs1XbuSEt</a><b><br /></b>[From description] "<span dir="auto"><i>Aporia
is a New Age album from Sufjan Stevens and his step-father and record
label co-owner, Lowell Brams. The 21 songs on Aporia are tightly
crafted, resonating with a gem-like intensity. In the spirit of the New
Age composers who sanded off the edges of their synths’ sawtooth waves,
Aporia approximates a rich soundtrack from an imagined sci-fi epic
brimming with moody, hooky, gauzy synthesizer soundscapes. The album may
suggest the progeny of a John Carpenter, Wendy Carlos, and Mike
Oldfield marriage, but it stands apart from these touchstones and
generates a meditative universe all its own.</i>"</span>
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>FOOD | CULINARY<br /></b></span></span></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Proof Bread</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPYHRKEqMycep7r5kO-1org/featured&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNG5Rx1BZSuxuWZMoO_mRwGkVswTeQ" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPYHRKEqMycep7r5kO-1org/featured" target="_blank"><br />https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>channel/UCPYHRKEqMycep7r5kO-<wbr></wbr>1org/featured</a> <br />[From description] "<i>Proof Bread is a modern throwback to a way of life that values
small-scale craftsmanship, local community, and creativity. We are a
small group of passionate bakers working in our garage (thanks to
cottage laws) which has been converted into a micro-bakery. Everything
we bake is made by hand, from the best local ingredients, with no short
cuts.</i>"
<br /><br />JJ Note:
More on bread baking - but this time you can watch other people make it!
<br /><br /></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<ul>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>RareCooking.com</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rarecooking.com/our-&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNHUZJJT5bZbk3fG22Tb7LvJxLuq2Q" href="https://rarecooking.com/our-" target="_blank"><br />https://rarecooking.com/our-</a><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rarecooking.com/our-archives/&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNEtyN4nqDbhK2uFR-P3IHbisZdOzA" href="https://rarecooking.com/our-archives/" target="_blank">ht<wbr></wbr>tps://rarecooking.com/our-<wbr></wbr>archives/</a><br />[Description] "<i><u>Cooking in the Archives </u>sets out to find, cook, and discuss
recipes from cookbooks produced between 1600 and 1800. This project is
situated at the intersection between the practice of modern cooking and
the history of early modern manuscript and printed recipe books</i>."
<br /><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Chicken with Mustard Tarragon Sauce (single serving) | Frugal Foodie Mama</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thefrugalfoodiemama.com/2020/04/chicken-with-mustard-tarragon-sauce.html&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNEcl15JjpUcYvskWwbFgxcD6c2rIQ" href="https://www.thefrugalfoodiemama.com/2020/04/chicken-with-mustard-tarragon-sauce.html" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr></wbr>thefrugalfoodiemama.com/2020/<wbr></wbr>04/chicken-with-mustard-<wbr></wbr>tarragon-sauce.html<br /><b><br /></b></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ginger Tea<br />
</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sew-much-to-do.tumblr.com/post/618755606079225856&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNGg_MAs3mrs8v1YEM5HhYldifIdAA" href="https://sew-much-to-do.tumblr.com/post/618755606079225856" target="_blank">https://sew-much-to-do.tumblr.<wbr></wbr>com/post/618755606079225856<br /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Clean & Delicious | Baked Banana Oatmeal Muffin Cups | Healthy + Easy Grab-N-Go Breakfast</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/X4qJZsgae2M&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNEQ4AF25dPNY6kbPq64bBWMPq3WcQ" href="https://youtu.be/X4qJZsgae2M" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/X4qJZsgae2M</a><b><br /></b>JJ Note: If you want to just make 'em and not watch the how-to, the recipe is included in the description below the video.</span>
</li>
</ul>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><br />FUN | SILLY | KIDS<br /></b></span></span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>New York Pulbic Library | A Day of Play | Recipes for At Home Play</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/04/24/recipes-at-home-play?&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNEvlzZURgb0m31c02XuCK6fk0wbDA" href="https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/04/24/recipes-at-home-play?" target="_blank"><br />https://www.nypl.org/blog/<wbr></wbr>2020/04/24/recipes-at-home-<wbr></wbr>play?</a><b><br /></b>[from website] <i>"The Day of Play “recipes” use simple household ingredients that you may
have on hand and are quick and simple to make. Each recipe consists of
suggested activities and ways to play, as well as talking points to
extend the conversation and get your little one to make predictions,
experiment, and enhance their vocabulary while they learn new concepts
through play."
<br /><br /></i></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cinema Quarantino Production | <i>Das Fone Hell</i> | Starring Sam Neill & Helena Bonham Carter</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/TwoPaddocks/status/1264105443724390400&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNH24KxoOVgP0a31jYD8lMGnNHEdhQ" href="https://twitter.com/TwoPaddocks/status/1264105443724390400" target="_blank"><br />https://twitter.com/<wbr></wbr>TwoPaddocks/status/<wbr></wbr>1264105443724390400</a><b><br />
</b><span>[From Neill's own description] </span><i><span>"HELENA BONHAM
CARTER stars in this groundbreaking Cinema Quarantino Production DAS
FONE HELL. At vast expense, filmed on two continents over what (seemed
like) five years, this profound and heartbreakingly candid insight into
Modern Life will shake you to the core (Pilates 101)."</span></i><i><span><br /><b><br /></b></span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i><span></span></i>Backyard Rube Goldberg machine - amazing!</b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nerdist.com/article/70-step-rube-goldberg-trick-shot/&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNHKv_ZvXHTnzaRL2bAt-AhACtyTag" href="https://nerdist.com/article/70-step-rube-goldberg-trick-shot/" target="_blank"><br />https://nerdist.com/article/<wbr></wbr>70-step-rube-goldberg-trick-<wbr></wbr>shot/</a><i><span></span></i></span>
</li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<wbr></wbr>~~~~~~~~~~~~~</b></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SOCIAL JUSTICE</b></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Self-comfort,
entertainment, discovery, & improvement are all important in these
difficult times. They are necessary and, for many, a luxury. The
following links provide information for proactive action. (I've tried to
vet them for accuracy and, in the case of donation links, to determine
if the money is indeed going to where it says it is. I think these are
ok, but please use your own judgement.)<br /><br /></span></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice | Moving from Actor --> Ally --> Accomplice<br /></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.whiteaccomplices.org/&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNGCATX6I0PhzLHLEdKw21eUh7v4aQ" href="https://www.whiteaccomplices.org/" target="_blank">https://www.whiteaccomplices.<wbr></wbr>org/</a><br />JJ Note: Good link resources & a clearly written infographic<br /><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Salon.com |</b> <b>Why white silence is deafening — and deadly | By Sirry Alang<br /></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.salon.com/2020/05/31/why-white-silence-is-deafening-and-deadly/&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNHJgjnC4abq2iKXLhy_Uur8okUc5A" href="https://www.salon.com/2020/05/31/why-white-silence-is-deafening-and-deadly/" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2020/05/<wbr></wbr>31/why-white-silence-is-<wbr></wbr>deafening-and-deadly/</a><b><br /></b>"<i>Your anger and sadness are meaningless if you choose to do nothing about the small things you have control over</i>."
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span>ACLU | Know your rights while demanding justice for George Floyd | Video<br />Speaker: Emerson Sykes, Staff Attorney | ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project<br /></span></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1266553313266368518&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNG_o_19oT0y2g_6dfRSGbc41fuw5g" href="https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1266553313266368518" target="_blank"><span>https://twitter.com/ACLU/<wbr></wbr>status/1266553313266368518</span></a><b><span><br /><br /></span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span></span>26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets |</b><span><b> By Ejeris Dixon et al. | Published on Dec 17, 2014 </b><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://issuu.com/nlc.sf.2014/docs/beyondthestreets_final&source=gmail&ust=1591032372790000&usg=AFQjCNFSHqq5_e4tkHu8Nze0d1Emsh694Q" href="https://issuu.com/nlc.sf.2014/docs/beyondthestreets_final" target="_blank">https://issuu.com/nlc.sf.2014/<wbr></wbr>docs/beyondthestreets_final</a></span></span><div lang="en">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[From webpage] "<i>This
list is designed to celebrate all the ways that our communities can
engage in liberation. For a range of reasons, there are and always have
been folks who cannot attend rallies and protests but who continue to
contribute to ending police and state violence against black people.
People seek justice and support liberation in an array of ways, yet
their bodies, their spirits, and their lives may not allow them to be in
the streets. We believe that we will win. And we need the presence of
everyone in the movement to do so. We affirm that all contributions are
political, militant, and valued.
By and for those in our communities who can’t be in the streets, we
offer a list of concrete ways that we are in the movement, and that we
are supporting liberation every day. We see you. We are you. See you in
the struggle</i>."<br /><br />JJ Note: Dixon has tweeted that they will be updating this infographic.<br /><br /></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black Visions Collective </b>(Donation link at bottom of page)<br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/&source=gmail&ust=1591032372791000&usg=AFQjCNH5pyK5yqwOKJ-34qg17SAWEkbhuA" href="https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/" target="_blank">https://www.blackvisionsmn.<wbr></wbr>org/</a><br />[From website] "<i>Black
Visions Collective (BLVC) believes in a future where all Black people
have autonomy, safety is community-led, and we are in right relationship
within our ecosystems.</i>"<br /><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Reclaim the Block </b>(Includes donation link)<br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home&source=gmail&ust=1591032372791000&usg=AFQjCNHSDJSYkLpeMgqjRlidwKHpMg4kIg" href="https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home" target="_blank">https://www.reclaimtheblock.<wbr></wbr>org/home</a><br /><br />JJ Note: This is a site designed for Minneapolis. The approach & resources could be used in your cities/towns as well.<br /><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Bail Project </b>(Includes donation link)<br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bailproject.org/%23&source=gmail&ust=1591032372791000&usg=AFQjCNFwgQ1IvblPExbR7_qgaFDX5wN9-g" href="https://bailproject.org/#" target="_blank">https://bailproject.org/#</a><b><br /></b>[From About page] "<i>The Bail Project™ National Revolving Bail
Fund provides free bail assistance to low-income individuals who are
legally presumed innocent, and whom a judge has deemed eligible for
release before trial contingent on paying bail. We enable our clients to
return home to their families and communities while awaiting their
court dates. We call this model <b>Community Release with Support</b>.</i>"
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J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-77656744396157555192020-04-08T12:23:00.000-05:002020-05-31T14:54:50.280-05:00Sequestering Arts | Series Reset<br />
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was to create a themed set of links every other week. Because I am
finding many great, but unrelated resources, the category approach isn't
working. So, I will be updating this series to be a bi-monthly list of
wonderful and varied links. The series will return, new and improved, on
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b> </b></i>With the world in lockdown due to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html">Covid-19 </a>(link to the CDC info site), many people are stuggling, practically, emotionally, and creatively. As a long-time creative & librarian I thought I might be able to help by doing what I do best: finding/sharing information. Below is the first of a series I will be developing on the <i>Sequestering Arts</i>. The notion is to provide links to interesting, comforting, & creative online resources that you can explore & enjoy while home- or place-bound.<br /><br />Here's what I have in mind going forward:<br /> <strike><br />Part 1 will cover theater, dance, and musc. <br />Part 2 (forthcoming) will cover podcasts, virtual tours, reading resources, & quieting/meditation resources. <br />Part 3 (forthcoming) will cover cookery, kid stuff, & crowd sourced information projects. <br />Part 4 (forthcoming) will cover travel literature & open web culural resources. <br />Part 5 & onward, as is needful.</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I like to imagine that anyone who grew up in the American Midwest has a fondness for corn. My grandparents originally had a dairy farm but by the time I came along, they'd retired and rented out the pasture to a neighbor who grew <a href="https://nebraskacorn.gov/issues-initiatives/your-food/field-corn-vs-food-corn/" target="_blank"><i>cow corn </i></a>(also known as <i>feed corn</i> or <i>field corn</i>) for his herd. <br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He always made it in 8x8 aluminum cake pans, though. So I grew up thinking that was how it was made--and only as an adult learned that it is more typically made in a cast iron skillet. Recently my friend <i>Musician</i>, a classical violinist by night and executive admin assistant for the IAEA by day, sent me a gleeful letter. After years of not having one, she'd been given a cast iron skillet and was over the moon! Proper cornbread could be had now.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Her glorying over having a cast iron pan for it AT LAST was so fun and exciting and totally inspired me want to see if we still had a cast iron skillet of our own and, if we did, to MAKE SOME. Reader, we do and I did . . . and it was truly scrumptious! I looked up some recipes online that specifically mentioned using a cast iron skillet . . . and then I sort of combined instructions and switched up the ingredients a bit. It came out wonderfully fluffy and, because of the pre-melted butter trick and nutmeg spicing, crust-crunchy-rich and tasty. I like cornbread with butter pats and honey. My Beloved Spousal Unit prefers maple syrup instead. Either way, it was delicious!</span><br />
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J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-83754025798613707172019-12-21T14:15:00.000-06:002019-12-21T14:15:15.944-06:00Happy Solstice | 2019<br /><br />
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[1] Zenz, Rainer. "<a href="https://www.ancient.eu/image/366/nebra-sky-disc/" target="_blank">Nebra Sky Disc</a>."
<i>Ancient History Encyclopedia</i>. Last modified April 26, 2012.
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[2] Child meditating. <a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/meditating-mediation-little-girl-1894762/" target="_blank">From truthseeker08 via Pixabay</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As the 2nd youngest girl child, though 7th in the lineup, I didn't have much say in which bed was to be mine. For a time I had the bottom bunk and it was heavenly. It meant I had a space--below--to put my stuff. Said stuff was minimal and consisted mostly of a few library books, toys, and shoes. But it was <i>my space </i>and it was a glorious thing to my young self and much treasured. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The text below the framed Spock is from Duane's book:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"<i>Though my sails be torn and tattered<br />
And my mast be turned about<br />
Let the night wind chill me to my very soul<br />
Though the spray might sting my eye<br />
And the stars no light provide<br />
Give me just another morning light to hold<br />
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I will not lie me down, this rain a-ragin'<br />
I will not lie me down, in such a storm<br />
And if this night be unblessed, I shall not take my rest<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was a difficult winter. A very dear friend of mine passed away unexpectedly and my husband's mother, who had been fading, took a sudden turn and we lost her too. A friend is working her way through a divorce and another friend is having a sad time overall. I left a job that I had once very much enjoyed for many years after management changes made it untenable. (I was one of ten who decided to leave, though, which was strangely heartening.) </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It seems our house was so often filled with sorrow.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the weather was odd throughout: cold, icy, changeable, dim, and grey . . . three late spring snowstorms blew through last month, damaging the crocus just coming up . . . and just a few hours ago, after I'd planted some ground flowers, it hailed and stormed. Now it is sunny again. So . . . it's been a rough and strange few months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When there have been breaks in the rain these past couple of weeks, I've worked on getting the kitchen herb container garden potted as well as those front yard flowers and a few new houseplants for the sun room (we call this room the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solarium" target="_blank"><i>solarium</i></a></span>, which sounds so grand, especially when the storms are raging just beyond the glass).</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">** </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The new plants always look so small and ungainly. But I remember they did last summer as well, and yet they grew . . . and grew. First, here's what things looked like then . . . followed by this month's new plantings. Before and after, they give me hope at a time when I very much need some reassurance.</span></div>
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There is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day">National Pi Day</a> (March 14 . . . 3/14 . . . clever) and there is National Pi Approximation Day (July 22 ... 2/27 . . . <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day"><i>see here </i>for clarification</a>). And then there is National Pie Day (January 23), by far my favorite<span style="font-family: serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But pie can be made on any day and for any occasion. A few weeks ago my husband and I went to Chicago to visit our dear friends, Writer & Aurora. As is often the case with good friends, sharing a meal is central to being together. We eat, talk, nosh a bit more, and talk even more. It's the connection that matters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We offered to bring dessert this time. As it happened, we had scads and scads of apples, so a pie was definitely the dessert to be had. I got up early to make it. The pie crust was a version of <a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/best-ever-pie-crust" target="_blank">this one from <i>Bon Appetit</i> magazine</a>. I always switch out half the white flour for whole wheat and add a bit of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar cider to the ice water. One other thing . . . I always use a mix of apple types--it deepens the flavor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Those that know me know I am an adult who never grew out of the Loving Dinosaurs phase that many children go through. My husband's first gift to me when we were courting was a small box filled with plastic, scientifically accurate dinosaur toys. (<i>Reader, I married him!</i>) I have all of the <a href="https://www.bbcearth.com/walking-with-dinosaurs/" target="_blank">BBC's <i>Walking With Dinos</i>aurs</a><i> </i>dvds. I saw <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" target="_blank"><i>Jurassic Park</i></a> several times. I happily stop whatever I am doing to watch the videos of people wearing those goofy inflatable T-Rex costumes. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Scene: A sunny day. Dinosaurs of diverse herbivore types are happily munching away on grass or trees. Cut to a quick shot of a T-Rex (because you simply <i>must</i> have a T-Rex in any dinosaur show). Pan up to the sky . . . insert ominous music. </span><br />
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large glow on the horizon which is followed by massive and burning winds (<i>see</i> a
multi-ton carcass of a Triceratops or Hadrosaur get blown horizontally
across the screen) and succeeded by the somber scene of a burnt
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can report the pie was well received and tasted great . . . the former not at all a surprise given the presence of this friendly creature in our friends' window. </span><br />
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The fabrics were all cotton. The green leaf squares and the blue-green pinstripes had a soft, brushed surface and the borders were of a medium weight, sky blue denim or twill. The backing was a slightly heavier weight upholstery fabric. I loved the many leaf patterns and how the colors and design echoed those of the top pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wrapping the gift was fun too! We'd missed the bridal shower which, given the holiday, was a Christmas ornament party. So we attached an ornament to the ribbon (which was not a ribbon at all but a length of blanket binding from my sewing kit).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Writer and imagineer par excellence, Neil Gaiman, wrote a wedding poem for some friends. Many people have asked if they could read it or gift it to friends of theirs who were marrying. He has said yes to all. Here is his poem (with the link to his original post at the end.) Very best wishes to our niece and new nephew!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1"><br />This is everything I have to tell you about love: nothing.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">This is everything I've learned about marriage: nothing.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">Only that the world out there is complicated,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">and there are beasts in the night, and delight and pain,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">and the only thing that makes it okay, sometimes,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">is to reach out a hand in the darkness and find another hand to squeeze,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">and not to be alone.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">It's not the kisses, or never just the kisses: it's what they mean.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">Somebody's got your back.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">Somebody knows your worst self and somehow doesn't want to rescue you</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">or send for the army to rescue them.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">It's not two broken halves becoming one.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">It's the light from a distant lighthouse bringing you both safely home</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">because home is wherever you are both together.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">So this is everything I have to tell you about love and marriage: nothing,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">like a book without pages or a forest without trees.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">Because there are things you cannot know before you experience them.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">Because no study can prepare you for the joys or the trials.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">Because nobody else's love, nobody else's marriage, is like yours,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">and it's a road you can only learn by walking it,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">a dance you cannot be taught,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">a song that did not exist before you began, together, to sing.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">And because in the darkness you will reach out a hand,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">not knowing for certain if someone else is even there.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">And your hands will meet, </span></span></i>
<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">and then </span>neither of you will ever need to be alone again.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s1">And that's all I know about love.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Wedding Thoughts: All I Know About Love" Neil Gaiman<br /><a href="http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2017/10/wedding-thoughts-all-i-know-about-love.html">http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2017/10/wedding-thoughts-all-i-know-about-love.html</a></span></span><br />
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J.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490032085732705492.post-56026163286755565132018-12-17T08:32:00.001-06:002018-12-17T08:32:03.345-06:00Opening Lines<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have to think that the opening sentence of a story or essay is the hardest of all to write. When I taught Freshman Composition, I would remind my students not to get too hung up on their first line. I'd tell them to write something, anything, and just get on with it. One could always come back later. Indeed, later often proved to be the only way to get that first sentence to work--after all the rest of the writing had been done. One finally had context. The ending of things, as it were, provided the beginning. <br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The same is often true in academic writing when trying to write an introduction. One wants it to be snappy, intriguing: you want it to grab the reader's attention. I was told, and have often read this same advice from others, to leave off writing one's introduction until the end. A Google search on <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&q=purpose+of+introduction" target="_blank"><i>purpose of introduction</i> </a>provides a plethora of advice, most of it rather dry, though all stating pretty much the same thing: "</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st"><i>The purpose of the introduction is to orient your reader and create interest in the paper.</i>" [<a href="http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/advising/ell/pdfs/Essay_Structure.pdf" target="_blank">Source</a>]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">Opening lines in fiction, while sharing the same goal of capturing the reader, require stronger stuff. </span></span></span></div>
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"<i>Call me Ishmael</i>" (Herman Melville, <i>Moby Dick</i>, 1851)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">”<i>It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.</i>”</span><span style="font-size: small;"> (Charles Dickens, <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i>, 1859)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s1">"<i>I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.</i>" </span></span>(Edith Wharton, <i>Ethan Frome<span style="font-size: small;">, </span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s1">1911)</span> </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"<i>It was a pleasure to burn.</i>" (Ray Bradbury, <i>Fahrenheit 451</i>, 1953)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">”<i>We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.</i>” (Hunter S. Thompson, <i>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas</i>, 1971)</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-F0S2FiUxysNsHlv_gYIlHQ_SDgB5UknusvCX9xvQ4lemQQCTRlmeid4GbPqox4ziMlFi09pG_GBYyyNXxU2tvff1GnNKwVbU0f33slpMMgjUGPJo9OJSQAfsTF_QpSS5XdYnbp-ATo/s1600/fountain-pen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="960" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-F0S2FiUxysNsHlv_gYIlHQ_SDgB5UknusvCX9xvQ4lemQQCTRlmeid4GbPqox4ziMlFi09pG_GBYyyNXxU2tvff1GnNKwVbU0f33slpMMgjUGPJo9OJSQAfsTF_QpSS5XdYnbp-ATo/s200/fountain-pen.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">Now, after teaching writing for so many years, I find myself in the position of my many students: stuck at the beginning, waiting for that first perfect sentence. In my case, I am trying to use the sentence as a lever; not to open the story--I have the plot well in hand--but to get at the overall approach of the storytelling itself. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">I am working on a science fiction novel, which may be the issue. The mystery novel I am also working on seems to be able to write itself. The mystery genre has its expected structure and characters. The folks at Scholastic Professional Books have posted a teacher's instructional/help guide, "<a href="http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/comprehension/genrechart.pdf" target="_blank">Genre Characteristics Chart</a>." About the mystery genre it states:</span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Usually involves a mysterious death or a crime to be solved. In a closed circle of suspects, each suspect must have a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character must be a detective who eventually solves the mystery by logical deduction from facts fairly presented to the reader. This classic structure is the basis for hundreds of variations on the form."</span></i></blockquote>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4v1PNtfk6K8dD0Cyrrk2Dv5Q8Bj5cvAIsIg8duf9F2VAN4Y73VnwkrCN__EbaBGtIi84YFakUIyAc8yxp8-El8wKCDP8tW5Z1WX5T7QF_5T2itJFIOS-5IJFXwyhlpVZKMBvrDcHmtw/s1600/Lady+detective.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="590" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4v1PNtfk6K8dD0Cyrrk2Dv5Q8Bj5cvAIsIg8duf9F2VAN4Y73VnwkrCN__EbaBGtIi84YFakUIyAc8yxp8-El8wKCDP8tW5Z1WX5T7QF_5T2itJFIOS-5IJFXwyhlpVZKMBvrDcHmtw/s200/Lady+detective.png" width="163" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My variation has two central character detectives, one a <a href="http://eprints.rclis.org/12137/1/Pushpamala_2_pdf.pdf" target="_blank">Map Librarian</a> and the other a female <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&ei=OKEXXOLeCYPCsQWVvYnACA&q=%22chief+of+campus+police%22&oq=%22chief+of+campus+police%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i30.6899.9169..9465...0.0..0.77.132.2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.RukR6SRyrrQ" target="_blank">Chief of Campus Police</a>. It is an academic mystery. (They say to write what you know and this is so much my world that the world building is a snap though the story itself and the characters and their development are as challenging to write as any other kind of good writing.)</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">Science fiction writing, for me at least, is a whole other kettle of extraterrestrial fish. As with the mystery, I've already worked out the basic plot. (For the mystery I've actually written the last scene of the fifth and final book of the series which is rather cheeky of me since Book 1 has yet to be written!) But really good SF wants new worlds and, to my mind, something a little more in the presentation. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheri_S._Tepper" target="_blank">Sheri S. Tepper</a> (1929-2016) had the knack of dropping her readers in the middle of it all. You are forced to sort things out as you go. <i>After Long Silence</i> and <i>Grass </i>are good examples of this. The settings are just familiar enough to lull you into thinking you know where she is headed but the setting <i>shifts</i> and the plot refuses to play along with your expectations. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><a href="https://adapalmer.com/" target="_blank">Ada Palmer's </a><a href="https://adapalmer.com/writing-type/fiction/" target="_blank"><i>Terra Ignota </i></a>series grabs you by the scruff of your readerly neck and pulls you along rather whether you like it or not! Her setting is our own Earth but, while the geography and language are all familiar, her future history is a splendid, mind-breaking (in my case) assault on what our current history transformed into. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">I confess I am still working my way through these, struggling really (and she is still writing the final novel of the set). </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">As an aspiring SF writer I find her description of herself and her approach profoundly useful, however. </span></span></span>Here's what Palmer says of herself on the <a href="https://adapalmer.com/about-ada-palmer/" target="_blank">About page</a> from her website: "</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><i>All my projects stem from my overall interest in the relationship
between ideas and historical change. Our fundamental convictions about
what is true evolve over time, so different human peoples in different
times and places have, from their own perspectives, lived in radically
different worlds with radically different rules.</i>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">That kind of rigorous grasp of vision is what I am aiming for--and is why I am struggling with how to approach the opening of my novel. Is it a straight out chronological narrative? A collection of miscellaneous science reports, character letters and/or journal entries, and vignettes a la Le Guin<i>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Coming_Home" target="_blank">Always Coming Home</a></i>? </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">No answers to report just yet. For now I am simply grabbing various books off my shelves and reading the first few pages just to see how various writers are doing things:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">"<i>The Western plains of New South Wales are grasslands. Their vast expance flows for many hundreds of miles beyond the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee rivers until the desert takes over and sweeps inland to the dead heart of the continent." </i>(Jill Ker Conway, <i>The Road from Coorain</i>, 1989).</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">"<i>How the patient scientist feels when the shapeless tussocks and vague ditches under the thistles and scrub begin to take shape and come clear: this was the outer rampart--this the gateway--that was the granary! We'll dig here, and here, and after that I want to look at that lumpy bit on the slope. . . ." </i>(Ursula K. Le Guin, <i>Always Coming Home</i>, 1985)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="js-caption">"<i>This is written from memory, unfortunately. If I could have brought with me the material I so carefully prepared, this would be a very different story. Whole books full of notes, carefully copied records, firsthand descriptions, and the pictures--that's the worse loss. We had some bird's-eyes of the cites and parks; a lot of lovely views of streets, of buildings, outside and in, and some of those gorgeous gardens, and, most important of all, of the women themselves." </i>(Charlotte Perkins Gillman, <i>Herland</i>, 1915)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">* For more on Palmer's approach, see this panel discussion transcript: </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="external text" href="http://cjh.uchicago.edu/issues/spring17/8.4.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Fiction and History: Narratives, Contexts and Imagination"</a>, by Ada Palmer, Jane Dailey, Ghenwa Hayek, Paola Iovene, David Perry. <i>Chicago Journal of History</i>, Spring 2017</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-- Neil Gaiman, </span><span id="quote_book_link_15783514"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <i>The Ocean at the End of the Lane</i></span> </span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Of late I've fallen in love with books again. This happens to me regularly though infrequently. This may sound odd as I am an avid reader and a librarian to boot. But there is the casual reading one engages in day to day, and then there is a kind of deep reading and adoration of all things book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My first experience of it was at age four. The <a href="https://www.mpl.org/" target="_blank">Milwaukee Public Library</a> bookmobile neighborhood stop just happened to be directly in front of our house.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://adapalmer.com/fiction-sf-fantasy/" target="_blank"><i>Too Like the Lightning</i> by Ada Palmer</a> is the first of Palmer's <i>Terra Ignota </i>series. It is not a book for the faint of heart: dense prose, very involved storytelling, and massively detailed and rich world building. It took me three tries to get into the swing of reading it. And I must confess that I struggled the whole way. While this book and this series is something rather astounding, I realized that now is not the time for me to read it. My brother, Architect, has read the first 3 books and found them most intriguing . . . so it really is a matter of the right book at the right time. I've gone ahead and bought Books 2 & 3 and will be buying Book 4 when it comes out. At some point, I will return to them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another book I am setting aside is <a href="http://www.philip-pullman.com/" target="_blank">Phillip Pullman's</a> <i>The Book of Dust</i>. Only this book I don't plan to return to. I was seriously conflicted by his <i><a href="http://pullman.davidficklingbooks.com/books.php?Series=6" target="_blank">His Dark Materials</a> </i>trilogy (though found the sidebar book, <a href="http://pullman.davidficklingbooks.com/bookitem?pubID=29" target="_blank"><i>Once Upon a Time in the North</i></a> really quite fun and well conceived). But for all the gorgeous imaginings, the underlying anti-religion theme just annoyed me. I am not religious--I am a skeptic in fact--but I deplore proselytization on any side of any fence. My annoyance with <i>The Book of Dust</i> reminded me of my annoyance with much of <a href="https://www.sfwa.org/2016/10/memoriam-sheri-s-tepper/" target="_blank">Sheri S. Tepper's</a> later eco-feminist works. Both Pullman and Tepper are powerful storytellers--I am just not keen on their message<i>-</i>makings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not all of my reading of late is fiction, however. I recently returned to a book I'd worked at reading back in the 1990s when I was working on what I thought was my dissertation topic on 9th century European manuscripts. The book was the then newly published <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/book-of-memory/323D304448453717FAF27D72E13FFB76" target="_blank"><i>The Book of Memory</i> </a>by Mary Carruthers. It was (and still is) and astounding work of scholarship and deep, reflective, intellectual work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">* The reason I picked up Carruthers again is that I am working at writing a book myself: a science fiction novel. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Middle Ages or medieval manuscripts. What I needed was a new way of understanding how the mind works when memorizing massive amounts of information. <i>The Book of Memory</i> is one of a handful of serious scholarly books I hung on to. I knew I'd need her again some day . . . though I didn't think it would be in the context of science fiction!</span><br />
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