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Ripley

Hot priest goes creepy on us, the delights of Dutch art, and...pantry moths.

Ripley
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Music and Mind

When you need someone to sing at presidential inaugurations, royal birthdays, Nobel Prize ceremonies, Super Bowls, or other special events, acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming is your go-to diva. The five-time Grammy-winner's singing repertoire includes more than 50 of opera's greatest roles, jazz standards, folk songs, show

Music and Mind
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Scientific Method

On this week's eclipse, historical interpretations of this phenomenon, old bones, and word wars.

Scientific Method
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Bookbound

As I've mentioned before, I've been learning bookbinding with some virtual classes and by tinkering around with a bunch of paper on my own. Why? I've always been a notebook geek, and when my kid started making do-it-yourself sketchbooks a year or so ago,

Bookbound
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Patchwork

Quilts, prints, singers and reading for health.

Patchwork
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Once Upon a Dreamboat

Elusive composers, meeting deadlines, librarian love, perfume madness, and more.

Once Upon a Dreamboat
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Ode to La Belle Arlette

A little tale about an antiheroine, a writing prompt, some chocolate-y goodness, a hat-tip to my second-favorite Greek, and me saving you some time.

Ode to La Belle Arlette
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In Praise of Dilly-Dallying

Here's to taking your sweet time, old Cockney tunes, growing old (and getting cooler), and other goodness.

In Praise of Dilly-Dallying
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Thoughts on Platform

Thoughts on platform building, plus super-sluggers, typeface rockstars, and the flute

Thoughts on Platform
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The Passion Project (part one in a series of who knows how many)

"You can’t predict where a project is going to lead. It could have as easily turned out that Marcel’s letters weren’t interesting or noteworthy. You just don’t know, right? Be curious and open to what unfolds." -- Carolyn Porter

The Passion Project (part one in a series of who knows how many)