“But if the weather turned bad, or the harvest failed and famine ensued, it could happen that the common people, to appease their gods, slew so worthless a king.” - A History of the Swedish People #socialdemocracy
It's homecoming weekend on Michigan's "other" island up north, the Emerald Isle....Beaver Island. There'll be music, chicken dinners and boodling. @WWJ950#Beaverisland#Boodling
Conversatikn@overhears at the Indian buffet (where I’m eating alone #noshame): “I don’t understand why it has to be so esoteric! It would be much easier if they just used plain language.” #selfawareness
“We have been trained to connect conversation with soft, interstitial laughter.” ....”It’s not the only reason Germans think Americans are retarded, but it’s definitely one of them.” @CKlosterman I’m actually laughing.
Starting my new coffee table book. “Mostly Empty: Stories of Shopping Carts Lost.” If you see a shopping cart around town lmk so I can take its portrait @… https://t.co/Q7n6353Hq0
Nice article about some fantastic research I participated in on the importance of wintering grounds conservation and the value of agroforestry to migratory birds as an alternative source of habitat. https://t.co/rDyiWix2Ww