Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. Unless mentioned, all links should be free of paywalls.
photo essay: Paris has popularised ‘carnivalcore’: The vivid, festive, circus-inspired style has taken over hotel interiors (The Spaces) OK, yes, I think.
essay: What kind of animal is Gonzo? The Muppets won’t say, so we asked biologists (Niranjana Rajalakshmi/Popular Science) “questions like ‘what is Gonzo’ could help people understand more about evolutionary biology. [Palaeozoological researcher Darren Naish] also has a theory about why nobody will let the question go[:] … specificity invites scrutiny.”
essay: Enjoy Every Sandwich (Brad Montague/The Enthusiast) A dying Warren Zevon on Letterman in 2002: “The goal might not be to exactly enjoy every sandwich. Some sandwiches are just straight up trash. Maybe the goal is to notice that you’re eating one.”
photo essay: Photos of the Week – September 24, 2026 (Chris Helzer/The Prairie Ecologist) Asters with bees, butterflies, and moths; prairie gentian, sneezeweed, insects on milkweed; Platte River and prairies photos and video from a drone.
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