April DeMar Todd

Kimchi Napjak Mandu (Flat Dumplings) Recipe Kimchi lovers can rejoice in these fun-to-make (and eat!) dumplings With less filling than other Korean-style dumplings, these fry up flat and eat more like jeon, the category of pan-fried fritters or...

Kimchi lovers can rejoice in these fun-to-make (and eat!) dumplings. These fry up flat and eat more like jeon, the category of pan-fried fritters or pancakes that are the star of Korean party food. nyti.ms/3ChfMmw

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.

The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.

History is repeating. Pay attention.

Preparatory drawing for a plate in the portfolio Twenty Birds of Mount Desert Island, watercolor over graphite on paper. A Snowy Owl standing on a rock at the water’s edge with a fish in its talons. ©️ Carroll Sargent Tyson, Jr.

Snowy Owl. Carroll Sargent Tyson, Jr., 1920. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 🪶 #TalonTuesday #SciArt 🌿

What Was So Special About Greta Garbo? An enigma onscreen and off, the actress only magnified her celebrity by suddenly renouncing it.

In 1941, at the age of 36, Greta Garbo, one of the biggest box-office draws in the world, stopped acting and, though she lived for half a century more, never made another film.

Impressive owl pellets found today!

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Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade — The Atlantic Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus. January 24, 2025 In his inaugural address on Monday, Donald Trump declared himself God’s ch...

If you only have a few minutes and can’t read the whole article, go to “What is psychologically intriguing…” This is an excellent summary of what evangelicals are giving up.

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Ahead of Stoke-on-Trent’s centenary celebrations, ceramics in the World Craft City is having a bit of a rebirth!

#AllMadeHere

Here for #BrewMonday. Mine's a strong builders tea, no sugar, and today a side helping of lemsip.

Either in an Emma Bridgewater mug, or for best in a duck-egg blue china teacup sprigged with rosebuds as my Grandma had. Thank you. (Picture of similar cup)

Storm at Belle-Ile

Storm at Belle-Ile, 1886

Pencil sketch of a tiny dragon, curled up and asleep inside a flower.

Sleepy.

Four Eastern Shore farms hit by bird flu; officials say outbreak is still manageable - Maryland Matters A fourth case of bird flu was confirmed this week on a Maryland chicken farm, but state health and agriculture officials told lawmakers Friday that the situation, while concerning, is still manageable...

A fourth case of bird flu was confirmed this week on a Maryland chicken farm, but state health and agriculture officials told lawmakers Friday that the situation, while concerning, is still manageable -- at the moment.
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Gift of David Whitney

Untitled from Flowers, 1970

Opinion | Why Are the Oscars Scared of Horror Films? Horror features many of today’s most exciting filmmakers and exemplifies our anxious moment. Yet the Academy continues to shut it out.

“As horror fans — an increasingly expansive and inclusive group — already understand, the thrill of a great scare comes from a deep and primal place,” the author Zach Schonfeld writes. “It’s time for Academy voters to stop covering their eyes.”

Federal district court judge temporarily blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order A federal district court hearing in Seattle was the first skirmish in what promises to be a protracted and wide-ranging battle over the new administration's agenda.

"I’ve been on the bench for over four decades," Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said. "I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order."

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The last duck farm on New York's Long Island, Crescent Duck Farm, must kill its entire flock of almost 100,000 ducks and may go out of business, its owner said, because of an outbreak of bird flu. nyti.ms/4jqNBlD

Garden of Glass, Seattle

This year, instead of posting my favourite finds, I’m posting yours. Here are the finds that got the most ‘likes’ in 2024, part 4 (the last one):

* A large piece of decorated masonry
* 16th century button
* Gold
* The prettiest lead token I’ve ever found, 18th century
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Ah, river…

#mudlarking

Just a fragment of clay pipe, but it has a big story.
It was made around 1830-1850, but is not typical of London pipes. It’s more likely to have been made on the East Coast, maybe Lincolnshire or Yorkshire, where standing figures like the one that can just be seen are more common
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MY NEW BOOK IS OUT NOW!
Available from bookshops and all the usual online outlets. Link in my biog.

#mudlarking #mudlark #larking

Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Can you spot the airborne fish?

Pacific oysters, Seattle

Pikes Place Market, Seattle

Excited for this read. She is my kindred spirit.

Snow faces…

New year and a new wall for inspiration.