Sunday Links

Statuette of a Horse and Rider, 520–500 BC, Greek. Bronze, 5 9/16 × 5 7/16 × 2 3/16 in. Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Tirana VL.2020.1

Pulled from a field in Albania, a 2,500-year-old statuette comes to life (image above) via bookofjoe 

The Ghost Cop of Rowan Oak A story by Deanna Kreisel. Most names have been redacted or changed to protect the innocent.

Five Margarita Recipes in Honor Of Jimmy Buffett

I love this bluegrass tribute to Green Day via  Memo Of The Air’s weekly roundup.

Blue eyes do not exist as such, it is an illusion caused by the 'Rayleigh Effect'. I have a blue-eyed mother, a blue-eyed husband and two blue-eyed children. Their irises apparently have no colour. 

Videos of talented buskers on Dublin's Grafton Street

I have some Niagara peaches and homegrown basil. If I can find the time I will definitely make these  meatballs with peaches, basil and lime NYT Link

The Dog Who Served on Both Sides of the American Revolution It was Rebel’s fate, like many caught up in the war, to experience captivity and displacement.

How did martinis get so weird? Mixing salt and vinegar, beetroot, bone or seaweed with gin does not make it a martini (even if you serve it in a martini glass).

Pasta with Red Sauce, a felted stop-motion animation 

Once a week, every week, Ruth would journey to the Royal Observatory Greenwich with an 18th-century pocket chronometer in her handbag. She would check the chronometer against the standard clock at the Observatory before traveling across London, making her way to the 30-40 customers who paid for a weekly visit from the Greenwich Time Lady - Vintage Everyday

Fridge a very short story by Stuart Dybek

Is it my imagination or are headlines becoming more surreal? Nuclear Weapons Partly Responsible for Radioactive Wild Boars

“I know how youse kids like ’em sloppy.” There are reasons why no one eats these once-popular foods anymore

Layered camping This high rise campsite by Willem De Haan uses minimal ground surface.

Stained-Glass Bra: “And why not? The nude look is here. The transparent look is here. Breastplates tanging from simple chainmail to ornate metal designs are here.”

How to track a songbird from Alaska to Peru NYT Link

Literally a porch pirate: Georgia man arrested for stealing neighbour's front porch.

If you’re looking for the moment Google truly crossed over into the zeitgeist, it was likely around 2001. How Google made the world go viral