Of Octopi And Fungi

Immersing myself in the mystery, power, beauty, and magic of the natural world has felt especially soothing of late. Two organisms in particular have been popping up on my radar repeatedly. I have previously given little thought to either life form which reinforces for me that if you deep dive into anything, you will eventually be awed...

OCTOPI

1. The documentary, My Octopus Teacher, is wonderful.

2. RadioLab dropped my jaw with this account of deep sea motherhood.

 

FUNGI

1. The film, Fantastic Fungi, is a bit of a revelation.

2. RadioLab also put out an episode recently called Fungus Amongus 

 

that touches back to their brilliant episode on the end of the Age of Reptiles.

3. Which leave me wanting to try psilocybin despite my general distain for psychedelic culture.

Find The Joy Where You Can

1. Frog and Toad ride out the pandemic.

2. This article on RBG's marriage to her husband.

3. This article from a woman, once famously drunk.

Apocalypse Now

Um, bleak times. Bleak times.

This is might help makes things better.  

 

Back To School

 

So here we are. At least it's good for some laughs.

Put Black Authors On Your Bookshelf

When there was a call to "blackout" the bestseller list, the assignment was easy: look for and buy books by Black authors to read. Here are some of my favorites from the past month:

Chris Fischer Is A Gem

Chris Fischer is a wonderful sense-of-place writer. He also makes a perfect foil for his wife.

Pouch Of Douglas

Hannah Gadsby. So good and so true.