How Portulaca Oleracea (Common Purslane) arrived to the New World is a mystery. For most of botanical history it was assumed to…
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The Train from LA to Santa Barbara
Having recently moved from the East to the West Coast, I don’t have as much occasion to take the train…
Mixtape: Vietnam War Side B
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Gleaning
Back in college when funds were scarce and all things anti-establishment worth doing, I used to sneak into the dumpsters behind…
The First Circus, 1921
Actually 2 films mistakenly catalogued together, The First Circus is the work of German American puppeteer and illustrator Tony Sarg,…
Beneath tropic seas; a record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti
In 1928, William Beebe and his fellow members of the Department of Tropical Research of the New York Zoological Society…
Seeds
Is there anything more satisfying than growing something from seed? We’ll see. I’ve just planted wild flowers in my front…
Odd Books: UFOs from Behind the Iron Curtain
My favorite thing about this book is that it’s co-authored. There’s something about a co-authoring that lends a certain type…
Everyday Activism
There’s a bad case of dread going around. And it’s pretty infectious. I see one article on social about how…
