by David | Apr 25, 2013 | design, media
Because I’m me, people send me stuff like this. Artist Wendy Gold uses “vintage globes” to make works she calls ImagineNations™. Apparently they’re quite popular. She does a similar decoupage treatment on maps, too. I like her warning: All...
by David | Jun 12, 2012 | science!, travel
I’m back from a trip almost halfway around the world in terms of longitude, but a pretty short hop in latitude. A weather diversion on the way over brought me to Oklahoma City airport, what would have been my second time ever setting foot on Oklahoma soil, but...
by David | Apr 23, 2012 | culture, science!
Despite my grouchiness, Donorschoose keeps sending me thank-you notes. Despite my grouchiness, I keep finding them wonderful. Today I received a batch of cards from the classroom of Mrs. Horton, where I had contributed to the purchase of a globe, and apparently some...
by David | Jan 9, 2011 | culture
It restores my faith in search engines when I get an interesting comment on a years-old blog post. Karen scolded me for allegedly mixing up Croatia and Yugoslavia in my June 2008 post about Grgic wines. I think Karen simply missed the tense of the story I was...
by David | Dec 9, 2009 | culture, reading & writing
Last week, we took Book Club to a new level with a guest appearance by the author – Belmont’s own Toby Lester – of our chosen book, The Fourth Part of the World. I had worried that such an august presence would impede the club’s traditional...