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Miscellany

“Scorpions to help us fight cancer? It isn’t as crazy as it sounds.” The Wall Street Journal‘s Christie Wilcox on the healing + more

Spokane Scene no. 20

What’s this? Just Marza Wilkes, Zuill Bailey, Ida Alnajem, and Kristina Ignatjeva performing an arrangement of Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C + more

Quote of the Day

“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it, and one is the + more

What’s New?

I am! I began working here about six weeks ago now and I have a confession to make: I drive a + more

At the Grave of Philip K. Dick

In  February 1974, three-eyed extraterrestrial time travelers entered Philip K. Dick’s bedroom through a portal of pink light. “Trying to make sense + more

Miscellany

What can science tell us about morality? Not much, it turns out. Speaking of philosophy, Roger Scruton weighs in on the + more

Poetry Break

THE BEACH IN AUGUST Weldon Kees The day the fat woman In the bright blue bathing suit Walked into the + more

God Bless America

Spent Independence Day—or ‘Murica Day to you insufferable millennials—at an undisclosed location in the Idaho Panhandle, enjoying a suitably proportionate combination + more

Ode to C8H10N4O2

I had my first cup of coffee when I was around eight years old. I use the term “coffee” somewhat loosely, + more

Jim Boyd, RIP

I got the terrible news this morning that Jim Boyd died Tuesday. I met Jim back in 2002 when I + more

Miscellany

Surprise! Selfies are little more than “a new manifestation of a time-honored tendency: the penchant for people to overvalue their positive + more

Today in History

Sir Francis Drake, sailing off the coast of north-western California, arrives at Nova Albion, 1578: In this bay we anchored…The + more

Spokane Scene no. 19

Noticed the sky was on fire while on my evening constitutional yesterday. Figured I’d better take a photo, in case + more

Word of the Day

carapace (noun) A thick, hard shell made of bone or chitin found on animals such as turtles, crabs, and armadillos. To survive + more

Poetry Break

shizukasa ya iwa ni shimiiru semi no koe the stillness— soaking into stones cicada’s cry Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) From The + more

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