Allison Lorenzen and Midwife - Glycerine
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Sunday Links
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Photographs of some of Borneo’s most beautiful floating markets (photo above) More: Moss and Fog
Just Room Enough Island: “Floating between America and Canada like nature's own panic room, this 3,300-square-foot middle finger to suburban sprawl hosts exactly one house and one tree – a minimalist masterpiece of misanthropy.”
Beautiful photos from Alcova Milano, a fair focused on emerging designers.
When I bought a couch from a friend, I had no idea I’d have to pay someone to take it apart. My Dream Sofa, the Couch Doctor, and Me
Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding, and meet the spider-men who climb it When I visited the Gili Islands in Indonesia I watched workers erecting scaffolding for what would become a hotel. It was hard to believe that bamboo could support a multi-storey building. At night the workers slept together on a plywood platform without walls or bedding. Via everlastingblort
Two-year-old Arizona child rescued by a very good boy.
The danger of Dishpan Hands
Before & After Photos A brilliant conversion of a 1940s single-storey home built by an architect who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright. I’m experiencing house envy.
The long, strange trip of the Titanic victims whose remains surfaced hundreds of miles away, weeks after the ship sank. Link via Miss Cellania
Recreate Trump’s fin de siecle bordello style with these cheap, faux gold dupes of Oval Office decor
Saving Potlucks One JPEG At A Time: Kau Kau Chronicles has recipes from dozens of out-of-print Hawaiʻi cookbooks that were published by community groups, schools, and as office projects.
The Goalkeeper Who Got Lost in the Fog: Sam Bartram, a goalkeeper, was accidentally left on the field when a 1937 game was called off during the second half due to heavy fog.
The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products. Read more
Martin Roemers’most personal photograph ‘Their lives were getting harder, even with help. They did not want to go to a nursing home and neither wanted to live without the other. So they left this life together’
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Swallowed By A Whale
This reminds me of the story of Jonah and the whale.
On February 8, 2025, kayaker Adrián Simancas was briefly swallowed by a humpback #whale off #Chile’s coast. The whale surfaced unexpectedly, engulfing him and his kayak, then released him unharmed seconds later. The incident was captured on video by his father.
— Emily Carter (@emilycurates.bsky.social) April 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Friday, April 18, 2025
The Elevated Monasteries of Meteora, Greece
Meteora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The name means "lofty" and is etymologically related to meteor. Beginning in the 14th century twenty-four Eastern Orthodox monasteries were built on a rock formation there but today only six are still functioning, with each housing fewer than ten individuals.
The Titanic Orphans
The “Titanic Orphans,” brothers Michel (age 4) and Edmond (age 2), were photographed in April 1912 shortly after their miraculous survival of the RMS Titanic disaster. The young boys, who spoke only French, were found alone and unaccompanied after the ship’s sinking—among the youngest and most vulnerable of the survivors. With no adults claiming them in the chaotic aftermath, they became symbols of both tragedy and hope.
Michel was one of the last survivors of the Titanic disaster. Read his story here
The Mysterious Arrival of an Unusual Letter
This enigmatic piece (2011) by the Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator Mark Strand has been animated by Scott Wenner.
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