Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
long essay: Vegetation The valve at the end of the world. (Evan Grillon/Dirt). .” On contracting endocarditis and having open heart surgery. “It’s easy to feel out of time and space in a hospital. There are layers to its purgatory. The waiting room is the first, where you can still walk back out the door without alarming anyone.” And “What a stranger can offer a person in a moment of crisis is solicitude unalloyed by the past or the future of the relationship, unconditional in the true sense of the word.”
short essay: Not Feeling “Christmas-y”? Yeah, me neither (Nadia Bolz-Weber/The Corners). “I’ve never thought of the contemplation of mercy as a ‘holiday’ thing until yesterday.”
45-sec video: Belgian shotputter Jolien Moumkwo stands in & competes in the 100-metre hurdles at the European Games (Beyond Quest/YouTube). Truly a thing of beauty. Definition of a team player.
long essay: YOU CAN HOMESTEAD. This Post is a Match. (Jenna Woginrich/Cold Antler Farm). “There’s never been a better time. Here’s how to get started today, regardless of your circumstances. … You can homestead. You can farm. You can do it broke, alone, and terrified.” Yes, including millennials!
1.5-min video: A horse gets a lift (Figen/Twitter). “Up”-lifting.
