Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
field guide: Field Guide to the Carex of New England (Lisa A. Standley/New England Botanical Club). 188-page PDF of the mostly native Carex (sedge) species.
travelogue: A South African adventure (David Lebovitz). A lot of food (including plums, rice dishes, vineyards) but also animals, art, and general travel advice.
long essay: When Flamingos Came to the Chesapeake (Elizabeth Johnson/Original via The Sunday Long Read). Come for the story, stay for the illustrations. Also: “A few months after the flamingos came to the Chesapeake Bay, residents across Virginia’s middle peninsula, including my family, got a letter alerting them that their homeowner’s insurance was going to be canceled. “Due to its proximity to the coast,” the letter stated, “your dwelling’s exposure to hurricanes and/or additional coastal exposure, your dwelling is ineligible for coverage in the Homeowner’s program.” … But a landscape is not a lifetime, and that means learning new ways to mourn. When we’re brave enough we’re solastalgic, meaning missing home while we’re still at home, as we watch water erase solid ground. We didn’t need a tropical bird standing in the marsh to envision the world we are losing, but the flamingos made it almost impossible for me not to see the loss.” And: “a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.”
recipe: A Nice + Easy Niçoise: a great lunch for a group with various likes + dislikes (Julia Turshen/Keep Calm & Cook On). Even without a paid subscription, you’ll get the general idea of this mix-and-match niçoise salad. (The mustard vinaigrette may be beyond the paywall, but Girard’s champagne vinaigrette is excellent for this sort of thing.)
photo essay: All Aboard for A Bus Tour of 1970s England (Flaskbak). “In 1973, Daniel Meadows toured Britain in his 1948 Leyland Titan PD1 double-decker bus. He met circus performers, holidaymakers, pigeon fanciers, fishermen and and tattooists. For 14 months, stopping in 22 locations he offered people a free print of themselves in return for having their portrait taken.”
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