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Mouth of the River, Tongue of No Country A poem

“I never crossed a border—only watched the land shift like a tired animal, folding / itself around my feet until I belonged to a country I didn’t name.”

Read a new poem by Darrel Alejandro Holnes:

Why we carve pumpkins to celebrate Halloween The answer to why people carve jack-o'-lanterns in October may lie in old Irish folklore.

🎃 Have you ever wondered why we carve pumpkins for Halloween? The answer may lie in old Irish folklore. www.snopes.com/articles/471...

Stephen Miller's cousin Alisa Kasmer said he has 'become the face of evil' We verified Kasmer shared a post about Miller in July 2025, and confirmed their familial relationship using an obituary and public records.

In a July Facebook post, Alisa Kasmer — who we have confirmed is Stephen Miller's cousin — wrote, "I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil." Read her full post here: www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Elie Wiesel | Solomon Tenenbaum Lectureship in Jewish Studies (2006) | ETV Classics | South Carolina ETV On September 12, 2006, Andrew A. Sorenson, President, University of South Carolina introduced the lecturer for the 17th annual Solomon Tenenbaum lecture in Jewish Studies, Professor Elie Wiesel, the f...

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The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

The dawn of the post-literate society. How the smartphone is changing the way we read, process, learn and relate. jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

Shag (1985) | ETV Classics | South Carolina ETV In this toe tapping 1985 ETV Classic, you won't need a nickel for the juke box! Rick Sebak and his crew from SCETV travel down to the Grand Strand in South Carolina to learn more about the dance known...

Fun! www.scetv.org/stories/2025...

Just finished reading A Bookshop in Berlin by Francoise Frenkel

Really good book: Man in Profile - Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker - Thomas Kunkel

Jewelry boxes, pens, vases and some of the prettiest seafood tins I have ever seen. World Market.

Halloween Decor. World Market.

Wonderful animation. Lamya's Poem. 2021 animated adventure film, directed and written by Alex Kronemer. The film stars Mena Massoud, Millie Davis and Faran Tahir. I found this at the library, Kanopy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamya's...

Porch plants in September.

Why five-a-day might not be enough – and the number of plants you should be eating A diverse diet of fruit, veg, spices and seed oils, improved cholesterol levels, blood sugar markers, better overall diet quality

www.the-independent.com/news/health/...

Rabbit Rabbit!

Four Ways Cities Can Repeal the Legacy of Robert Moses — Streetsblog USA Robert Moses's approach to transportation planning defined American cities for generations. Now, it's time to dismantle that dangerous and racist legacy.

Four Ways Cities can Repeal the Damage (Legacy) of Robert Moses.
usa.streetsblog.org/2020/10/19/f...

South Carolina ETV partners with WORLD to expand news and documentary programming | South Carolina ETV South Carolina ETV (SCETV) announced a new partnership with WORLD, a public media destination for news and documentary programming. In addition to broadcasting live legislative coverage and local publ...

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Reading Robert A. Caro's The Power Broker - Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. Certain characters seem very familiar. We have no Nelson Rockefeller in the way. A great book.

Have you tried Kanopy? All you need is your library card!

Reading "The Letters of Seamus Heaney" just now.

When would this bag be used?

A Cat in Paris (2010) ⭐ 6.9 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy 1h 10m | PG

An absolutely gorgeous, wonderful animation! A Cat In Paris! www.imdb.com/title/tt1673...