just skeery

perfect reading room #home #green #newhampshire (at The Big Red...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:15:13 -0400

perfect reading room #home #green #newhampshire (at The Big Red House)

explore-blog: Stirring letter tucked by a Chinese factory...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:36:08 -0400

Stirring letter tucked by a Chinese factory worker into Halloween decorations found in Kmart exposes China’s forced labor – but not without great risk.

must have been insane to find this

Man // Neko Case // The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight,...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:31:53 -0400

Man // Neko Case // The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You

Audio

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:47:42 -0400

themagiclantern: Nigel Van Wieck

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:47:00 -0400

themagiclantern:

Nigel Van Wieck

wowzers! bunches of new followers. introduce yourselves so I can follow back? ask

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:58:39 -0400

wowzers! bunches of new followers. introduce yourselves so I can follow back?

ask

"Too many of us think [peace] is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous,..."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:50:00 -0400

“Too many of us think [peace] is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable — that mankind is doomed — that we are gripped by forces we cannot control. We need not accept that view. Our problems are man-made — therefore, they can be solved by man.”

- always inspired. JFK via NYT

#nofilter for freshness (at Hideaway House)

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:47:00 -0400

#nofilter for freshness (at Hideaway House)

"No means no if you’re drunk or if you’re sober. No means no if you’re in bed or in a dorm or on the..."

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:46:39 -0400

“No means no if you’re drunk or if you’re sober. No means no if you’re in bed or in a dorm or on the street. No means no even if you said yes at first and you changed your mind.”

- Joe Biden speaking today about sexual violence against women.

(via bibliofeminista)

#calder #moma #art (at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA))

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:50:28 -0400

#calder #moma #art (at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA))

BABY SITTERS CLUB ON NETFLIX INSTANT

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:32:02 -0400

BABY SITTERS CLUB ON NETFLIX INSTANT

artpropelled: Moth Collection by Mr Finch

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:17:12 -0400

artpropelled:

Moth Collection by Mr Finch

Audio

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:05:30 -0400

theatlantic: A Visual Guide to the Gender Diversity of the...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:30:22 -0400

theatlantic:

A Visual Guide to the Gender Diversity of the Senate’s Hearing on Sexual Assault in the Military

[Image: C-SPAN]

"Although I am small, ugly and dirty, I am highly ambitious and at the slightest flattery I..."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:27:11 -0400

“Although I am small, ugly and dirty, I am highly ambitious and at the slightest flattery I immediately start to strut like a turkey.”

- Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985 via Paris Review

"Horace’s time and ours are linked by a curious sense of hollowness at the heart of..."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:44:12 -0400

“Horace’s time and ours are linked by a curious sense of hollowness at the heart of unparalleled prosperity. The old gods are abandoning the city, just when their guidance might be needed most. Surrounded by skyscrapers, palaces, fed full with delicacies and entertainments, people feel adrift, their moorings gone. Though a relatively peaceful political order has been established, there is a deep crisis of values that threatens to undermine that order.”

- from Horace and Me: Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet by Harry Eyres (out today from FSG!)

Locking Yourself Out, Then Trying to Get Back In // Raymond Carver

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:54:26 -0400

You simply go out and shut the door
without thinking. And when you look back
at what you’ve done
it’s too late. If this sounds
like the story of life, okay.

It was raining. The neighbors who had
a key were away. I tried and tried
the lower windows. Stared
inside at the sofa, plants, the table
and chairs, the stereo set-up.
My coffee cup and ashtray waited for me
on the glass-topped table, and my heart
went out to them. I said, Hello, friends,
or something like that. After all,
this wasn’t so bad.
Worst things had happened. This
was even a little funny. I found the ladder.
Took that and leaned it against the house.
Then climbed in the rain to the deck,
swung myself over the railing
and tried the door. Which was locked,
of course. But I looked in just the same
at my desk, some papers, and my chair.
This was the window on the other side
of the desk where I’d raise my eyes
and stare out when I sat at that dest.
This is not like downstairs, I thought.
This is something else.

And it was something to look in like that, unseen,
from the deck. To be there, inside, and not be there.
I don’t even think I can talk about it.
I brought my face close to the glass
and imagined myself inside,
sitting at the desk. Looking up
from my work now and again.
Thinking about some other place
and some other time.
The people I had loved then.

I stood there for a minute in the rain.
Considering myself to be the luckiest of men.
Even though a wave of grief passed through me.
Even though I felt violently ashamed
of the injury I’d done back then.
I bashed that beautiful window.
And stepped back in.

via

"It suddenly occurred to me that the hottest tech start-ups are solving the problems of being twenty..."

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:42:42 -0400

“It suddenly occurred to me that the hottest tech start-ups are solving the problems of being twenty years old, with cash on hand, because that’s who thinks them up.”

- George Packer on Silicon Valley (see: Uber, Airbnb, Postmates) in the New Yorker.

Shannon & Matt are married! #wilmington #matrimony...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:11:50 -0400

Shannon & Matt are married! #wilmington #matrimony #photobooth (at World Cafe Live)

juliabe: Top knot chart (via Juliabe)

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:31:16 -0400

juliabe:

Top knot chart (via Juliabe)