08 May 2026

plus ça change .....

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The book I am currently reading is  The shores of Bohemia : a Cape Cod story , by John Taylor Williams (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022). We...
07 May 2026

brutalism to industrial

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After several inspiring, friendly, and collegial days at the  54th annual ARLIS/NA conference , I took off this morning from the  Hôtel Bona...
22 April 2026

aerial views for Earth Day

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The image to accompany today's Google Doodle in honor of Earth Day is glorious. The weather here in Alfred, New York, is also pretty glo...
13 April 2026

birthed, schooled, thrifted, farmed

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Oy, another word has gotten verbed or adjectived. A pet peeve of mine is "gift" and "gifted" when "give" or ...
12 April 2026

piuttosto

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Mentioning  contrapposto  in a post a couple-three days ago reminded me of  piuttosto , a word meaning rather or quite in Italian. I had fir...
06 April 2026

contrapposto

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Donatello / David / Bargello By Rabe! - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=98318744 Connor Storrie @riva...
05 April 2026

1835-1910

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When today's Artle artist biography came up, the life dates -- 1835-1910 -- looked familiar. We catalogers get to recognize life dates o...
31 March 2026

"not even a little"

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Kip is working for the caterer at a fundraiser for St Thomas. He literally runs into Scott with a tray of some canapés. Kip and Scott have u...
10 March 2026

separated at birth: circles and arcs

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wien 2026 sprint95, via architectureofdoom on tumblr Robert Smithson - Broken Circle/Spiral Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Circle...
02 March 2026

tumblin' tumbleweeds

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In the  Accent Duel  promo for Connor Storrie as host for Saturday Night Live this past Saturday night, he has a duel of accents with James ...