Long-term longform
I am not a podcaster. I would never dare. But I am a ravenous listener of a certain kind.
A history of history
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The wrong cloudy day
An apprehensive survey of solar eclipse mapping, as it pertains to Vermont
A total solar eclipse is coming to Vermont! Burlington is right in the path of the totality! Every hotel room and rental in Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle counties is booked! Transports are sold out! The scale of the tourism impact is being compared to multipliers of Super Bowls! [Read More] -
Good Fortune
Last week I was visiting Ben, a friend of mine, and - as middle-aged men are wont to do - we got onto the subject of collections. While my own accumulative tendencies are focused on backpacks and skis, it emerged that Ben is a collector of vintage posters and magazines.... [Read More] -
Thank your heroes
In memoriam: Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne
I got the news this morning that Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne has died, and it’s hard to grasp. [Read More] -
A good season
The snow is flying this morning in Vermont - early, it seems - and therefore it’s as good a time as any to reflect on last winter in the Northeastern mountains. [Read More] -
Just Another Dark Age
Illuminating the things that grow in our gaps of perspective
In the Summer of 1934, author Patrick Leigh-Fermor entered the Transylvanian city of Kolozsvár, accompanied by his aristocratic lover and chauffered by their enthusiastic wingman. Even distracted as he was by such great company, he took note of his surroundings: [Read More] -
The Latest From Lower Saxony
I had given up. My previously-documented enthusiasm for SQLite had run dry, and I had already hammered out another solution. Then Charlie stepped in and saved the day with a window function. [Read More] -
Human stories in geologic time
Recommended reading for disentangling our own curses from the bedrock below
Steve Shell and his collaborators have an excellent anthology of gothic horror stories, told in podcast form: Old Gods of Appalachia1. It begins like this: Old Gods of Appalachia, start at the beginning with the prologue ↩ [Read More]