Nancy Craighead

Trip to China. Countless cooking and gardening ideas and inspiration. New friends. Reconnecting with old friends.

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News. In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

Does the news reflect what we die from?

I wonder who’s behind the curtain?

Best case—someone stays at our house and takes care of dog and cats. Otherwise, dog goes to the house of her trainer, who boards dogs she has trained. The trainer’s house is expensive, but worth it.

As cute.

Maybe because it’s less stigmatized and easier to procure.

Small dog sitting beside the dining room table hoping for some food.

She’s the most optimistic creature I know. #dogs

A step-by-step guide to drawing mice, from a 1913 book entitled What to Draw and How to Draw it. More drawing instruction from this book, plus a 1935 follow-up by the same author, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/what-to-draw-and-how-to-draw-it-1913/

My mom used to serve pineapple rings with bananas in the middle and grated cheddar cheese on top for dessert. I loved it.

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Older small dog hugging her favorite toy.

My best girl. Turned 10 this month.

The History of Juneteenth in Photos Junteenth commemorates the issuance of General Order No. 3 in Galveston, informing enslaved people of their freedom and the end of the Civil War.

For folks who enjoy archival photos, Texas Highways did a nice #Juneteenth piece documenting celebrations over the past 160 years. #TexasHistory #BlackHistory #BlackTexasHistory

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Freshly prepared pesto still in the food processor.

Not sure which I like more, making it or eating it.

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Holy guacamole, guys. This is beyond splendid, Qu'est-ce que c'est? youtu.be/CJ54eImz88w?...

Gemelli with Anchovies, Tomatoes and Mascarpone Quick, simple and — much as I hate the word — tasty. I know no self-respecting Italian would let tomato seeds sully a sauce, but I do so very happily, and it’s the gloop inside the halved cherry tomat...

#RecipeOfTheDay is Gemelli – though you could easily use fusilli or penne instead – with Anchovies, Tomatoes and Mascarpone. I implore you to check out the wonderful comments beneath the recipe, as there is an unmissable one that is an absolute corker! www.nigella.com/recipes/geme...

Already done.

Cool.

Maryland?

Great list

How has daily median income changed since 1994?

🔎 Visual Capitalist

Introducing Marginalian Editions: Extraordinary Forgotten Books Brought Back to Life I have become a person on the pages and in the margins of books. In nearly two decades of reckoning with my reading in writing, it has been my ongoing lamentation to see works of enduring beauty an…

In two decades of doing what I do, it has been my ongoing lamentation to see works of enduring beauty and substance perish out of print. Because the most valiant way to complain is to create, introducing Marginalian Editions

Caesared Spaghetti The main ingredients of Caesar salad—anchovies, garlic, olive oil, black pepper, toasted croutons, and Parmesan cheese—are naturals when reimagined as two different pasta sauces.

The main ingredients of Caesar salad—anchovies, garlic, olive oil, black pepper, toasted croutons, and Parmesan cheese—are naturals when reimagined as two different pasta sauces.

Don’t give him any more bright ideas.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Who?

Hopefully the voyage will be glorious and the sink rapid.

How the United States expanded over time through various treaties, purchases and conquests.

i am accused of tending to the past by Lucille Clifton i am accused of tending to the past as if i made it, as if i sculpted it with my own hands. i did not. this past was waiting for me when i came, a monstrous unnamed baby, and i with my mother’s itch took it to breast and named it History. she is more human now, learning language everyday, remembering faces, names and dates. when she is strong enough to travel on her own, beware, she will.

and named it
History.

—Clifton

Took time to make homemade pasta. Please enjoy the ASMR rain sounds in the background (cooking sausage).

Die.