What sticks with me from a graduate seminar in American Puritan Literature. I don't remember how we wandered so far afield, but I'm glad we did. > Thomas Kinsella has died. A poet of Ireland, he reinvigorated Irish poetry. His poem, a Butchers Dozen (linked here)…
> The microorganisms that live in Boudin Bakery’s sourdough starter have been kept alive since 1849 https://t.co/8fzPJGtOS6 — Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) November 26, 2017 [https://twitter.com/atlasobscura/status/934876219329466368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] I'm getting ready to make a new sourdough starter, but before…
An ash tree I planted in my yard more than thirty years ago was felled today, victim of the emerald ash borer [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_ash_borer]. The tree didn't cost me anything, just the effort of walking a few hundred yards and wheeling…