I have periodically posted illustrations that kindle in me a genuine nostalgia, for both my own childhood, as well as for the decades before I was born. This illustration by Edward Gorey for John Bellairs’ The House with a Clock in Its Walls is perhaps the Gorey contribution that most haunts my recollections of […]

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“The flights of sooty shearwaters documented in this new study represent the longest animal migration routes ever recorded using electronic tracking technology: around 65,000 kilometres (39,000 miles). Taking advantage of prevailing winds along different parts of the migration route, the birds trace giant figure eights over the Pacific Basin.” […]

Jon Feinstein describes his series Small Signs as as “a visual interpretation of the ominous intersections between man-made objects and our natural landscape.” It’s remarkable how much this very basic theme comes up in such different sorts of work throughout art history; it is such a basic concept and cliché. Nevertheless, it has been […]

“To be fair, Pam said, the boss had only been paying the regulars for two hours a day, which wasn’t enough: there was a kitchenette and a separate toilet upstairs with the offices, too. Two hours would be just enough time to wash the cups and plates and put them away, and give the toilets […]