Five years ago, just staring at the Egg on Empire Plaza. A spaceship? Nope, a theater.
Albany
Let me look over here for a minute
I want this article pinned at the top of network news sites so people can refer back to it whenever the rest of the news is too much.
https://www.popsci.com/environment/monkeys-have-pets-evolution
Memorial Lilac
Rainy days and baby birds
Little buddy and I waited out the rain yesterday. He was too wet too take off so he rested on the porch while the two of us kept an eye out for predators.
Author’s copy arrived!
Neighbors
A reminder for anyone going to Stokercon next year… you can have your photo taken with a giant Mr. Rogers. This one was taken ten years ago, but Fred Rogers still waits by the river.
Stony Brook State Park
Rhode Island Yelp is the best
More of the reads current
Current reads from Grady Hendrix, Cixin Liu, Oscar Zarate & Richard Appignanesi, and Christopher McGlothlin. Perhaps not current releases but the TBR pile is all about playing catch-up and increasing my anxiety. Believe me, contemplating existentialism for a while, you can face all the other horrors.
Stamps and Kicks
Honestly, it’s a treat when the postal kiosk is down and I buy stamps at the counter because they have all the pictures. I went with the generationally obvious choice (which was not the other generationally obvious choice, William F. Buckley- just go watch Best of Enemies (2015) IYKYK). Also, watch 30 for 30: Be Water on ESPN for a great Bruce Lee doc
