"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

D-d-d-danger lurks behind you…

May 5, 2019

They’re back this month, and it’s the magic lamp story (Woo-oo!).

books and literature

Long John Silver: The True and Eventful History of My Life of Liberty and Adventure as a Gentleman of Fortune and Enemy to Mankind

I very rarely wish I had more stars to give a book, I’m usually content within the boundaries of 1-5, but this time I did. And it’s weird because I don’t like fanfiction at all. I think it’s a cringeworthy exercise to expand on someone

January 25, 2026 9:00 am

art and fashion

Pellizza da Volpedo’s Masterpieces in Milan

I was able to catch this exhibition during its last few days, and I’m glad I did. Pellizza da Volpedo: i capolavori, hosted at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna (GAM) in Villa Reale, is a major retrospective dedicated to one of Italy’s most compelling painters between

January 23, 2026 9:00 am

books and literature

SciFi Friday — The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James O’Brien (1858) — Part 1

FROM a very early period of my life the entire bent of my inclinations had been toward microscopic investigations. When I was not more than ten years old, a distant relative of our family, hoping to astonish my inexperience, constructed a simple microscope for me

January 23, 2026 1:00 am

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