Musterring Möbelhaus (1960) is a catalogue of gorgeous mid-century interior colour palettes, promoting a furniture brand from 1960s Germany. (image above)
Every train, a note. Train jazz. Lovely.
Point Of No Return New Orleans could be underwater before the end of this century and now is the time to put a relocation plan in place.
We Need More Geriatric Heroines Laurie Frankel makes the case for seven novels about female protagonists of a certain age. (I recommend “Elizabeth Is Missing”, a psychological mystery told from the perspective of 82-year-old Maud.)
“Some mornings, I wake up thinking of Ahmedabad. It’s a city I’ve visited a few times; for a few reasons, it’s a city I’ve never really warmed to. But I’ve roamed widely there, often by autorickshaw. And on those mornings I’m talking about, it’s two of those rides I remember.” Arm-edabad Blues
Smooth moves (everlasting blort)
I found this story fascinating: No person who is blind from birth ever developed schizophrenia
This is a brilliant idea: One-A-Day Banana Packs
“You looked as surprised as a senator who’s passed a lie detector test.” An analysis of 200,000 similes from popular fiction.
Yes, there is a Guinness World Records title for making a sandwich with your feet
Thousands of volunteers from across China have flocked to a remote northwestern town to join a viral anti-desertification campaign to plant more than 1 million saplings. Sixth Tone
TAKEAWAY - A Word Game (I hope you do better than I did) Via Web Curios
How We Will Live in 1960? A 1947 article in Kiplinger Magazine made predictions: electronically welded clothing, the ubiquitous telephone, cars with underseat toilets and more. How accurate were they?
Mityana dog scam injures animals to elicit donations Sending money to such fundraising campaigns doesn’t help animals. It only adds to their suffering.
This has been posted all over the place but, if you haven’t heard it already, here’s a calming mix of Boards Of Canada B Sides and Rarities to get you through these chaotic times.
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