Sunday, March 01, 2026

Sunday Links

Alisha & Sirocco — photo courtesy of the Kākāpō Recovery Programme

The Kākāpō (image above) smells like honey and flowers. It’s the only bird in the world known for smelling genuinely, delightfully good. It cannot fly but can climb trees. It is endangered.


This mall washroom in Nanjing, China is a total sensory experience. I bet you have never seen such a lavish public bathroom.



An accumulation of pithy aphorisms Now you’re prepared for whatever comes at you.


Did a winner of the Goncourt Prize steal a woman’s life story? She had confided in her psychiatrist. "I had no filter, no taboos. I told her everything." Her psychiatrist was Kamel Daoud's wife.

What did you do when you were 4 months old?


In 1897, Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée led a mission that sought to claim the North Pole for Sweden through “futurist” aerial exploration rather than traditional sledging. His photographs survived. He, alas, did not. Via Memo Of The Air



Bastard Chairs An interior design trend for 2026?

Music For Sunday Morning

This is lovely. The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, sings Caroline Shaw's And the Swallow
 

Friday, February 27, 2026

RIP Neil Sedaka

I was a little girl when this song hit the charts but I can remember singing along to it.

 

QuiltCon 2026 Winners Gallery

The Quilter
By Katherine Jones
Chigwell, Tasmania, Australia

Parallax
By Danielle Stanfill
Pahoa, Hawaii, United States


See more: QuiltCon 

Barrel Organ Protest

Every year on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, artist Teun Castelein charters barrel organs to play the Ukrainian national anthem all day long directly in front of the Russian embassy in The Hague. Each year he adds one more organ. This year there were four and they all played out of tune to maximize the annoyance factor.


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A Friend Of Dorothy

This exquisite short film has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. It is the story of a lovely friendship that unfolds between a young man and a lonely old woman. 


Thanks to Kuriositas for sharing this.