Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open and leave you in pieces.
~ Richard Kadrey
Sydney’s famous bridge opened to the public on 19 March 1932. On that day, an estimated one million people crossed the bridge on trains, trams, cars, on foot and on horses.
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE 90TH BIRTHDAY ON ST JOZEF DAY
We are often told about people’s capacity to thrive after trauma – but these claims may put unnecessary pressure on survivors.
The complicated truth of post-traumatic growth
GOOD: New blood clot research indicates enhanced understanding of wound repair.
Let me quote the editorial of one Ukrainian newspaper, the Kyiv Independent, published hours before the invasion began: 'This is not just about Ukraine, it's a clash of two worlds, two polar sets of values.' They are so right.
Welcome To The Vice Age: How Sex, Drugs And Gambling Help Americans Cope With Covid Forbes
A forthcoming book by Rob Walker and Joshua Glenn: Lost Objects: 50 Stories About the Things We Miss and Why They Matter. "What is it about these bygone objects? Why do they continue to haunt us long after they’ve vanished from our lives?"
It's not possible to search for God using the methods of a detective... There is no way. You can only wait till God's axe severs your roots:then you will understand that you are here only through a miracle, and you will remain fixed forever in wonderment and equilibrium.
— Karel Čapek, born in 1890
Dorothea Lasky (Lasky means Love ❤️ in Czech)
The Rain
What is going to happen
Is that it’s going to rain
Rain my love
A poem not about sex
But love
The true kind
You talk of things
To myself and others
You think of things
Her long tanned arms
You will realize you love me
But it will be too late
You will cry out for me
I will be long gone
This is not a wish
But what I knew to be so
This is what I knew to be so
Under the pouring sun
This is what I knew to be so
Under the pouring sea
Where they will find us
You and me.
From issue no. 208 (Spring 2014)
Al Pacino on ‘The Godfather’: ‘It’s Taken Me a Lifetime to Accept It and Move On’ DNYUZ
CAN THE THIN MAN SERVE AS A GATEWAY TO COZY MYSTERIES? Crime Reads. The book and the films are much better than this article. I’m posting it nonetheless to alert readers who might be otherwise unaware of those. works. Myrna Loy! William Powell! Alas, today’s NYC is a very different world.
The Bottom of Love Liberties. Once seen, it’s impossible to forget The Night Porter, with its performances by Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling. One of the most unsettling films to come out of the ‘70s. Or any time, for that matter.
WHAT’S THE GREATEST NEWSPAPER CRIME MOVIE EVER MADE? Crime Reads. I endorse most of these recommendations – especially Ace in the Hole – and will now seek out those I’ve missed.
The Battle of the Gauges History Today
John von Neumann Thought He Had the AnswersThe New Republic
Following the oud through the history of Armenian music. Lapham’s Quarterly
Reliving the nightmare of 1914 Asia Times
‘It’s not medical’: Oregon wrestles with how to offer psychedelics outside the health care system Stat
So, your ability to concentrate is shot? Welcome to the club Brisbane Times
Thieves in the Night: A Vast Burglary Ring from Chile Has Been Targeting Wealthy U.S. Households Vanity Fair
A Poem (and a Painting) About the Suffering That Hides in Plain Sight NYT. Auden’s Musée des Beaux Arts. I thought this would get sloppy, but it’s a fine close reading. Sadly, one of those swipe-friendly articles meant to be read on a tablet or phone but worth the effort on a laptop
Wynton at Harvard, Chapter 12: How the Rhythm Section Swings Harvard University. From 2011, still germane