The Librarian Dilettante

Welcome to my random little blog, which is basically here to share intriguing things I've found with my wife and No.#1 follower (how did you other people get here?).

[thepeacefulgarden]

[yorickalas]

[househunting]

$2,150,000/4 br/2 ba

Poway, CA

Built in 1979 [househunting on substack, free]

[househunting]

$495,000/2 br/1.5 ba/1,594 sq ft

Waitsfield, VT

Built in 1990

"A rare opportunity to be part of a unique collective of homes that address the challenges of housing in the 21st Century. Designed and built by Yestermorrow founder John Connell, and recipient of a 2026 Preservation Award, this home is creative and whimsical, but also highly efficient and exciting. Sit on the cantilevered deck overlooking the Mad River and you'll feel like you're floating in mid-air."

[I post the most interesting houses on substack and it is free and I post them first before they show up here]

[conservethis]

[paper-wounds]

[thisandthatandeverythinginbtween]

This.

[librariandilettante]

... ouch.

[househunting]

$835,000/4 br/3 ba

Linwood, NJ

Built in 1929

[requiem-on-water]

Sulfur combusts on contact with air to create stunning blue lava-like rivers of light in the Kawah Ijen crater on the island of Java | Ph: Olivier Grunewald

[librariandilettante]

So all the old paintings of Hell should have been a lot more... blue...?

[knitmeapony]

A fine recipe from Ursula LeGuin!

[librariandilettante]

A fine recipe from a renowned author.

[coovieilledentelle]

Mon cadeau ce soir ...

Yuja Wang apporte sa virtuosité caractéristique à la « Rhapsody in Blue » de Gershwin, interprétée ici aux côtés de Mahler Chamber Orchestra

[lady-aibell]

🩶..

[librariandilettante]

When you love watching it, because she is LOVING playing it!

[tainbocuailnge]

forget everything anyone has ever told you on the matter the truest marker of adulthood is starting to hear the siren call of high quality kitchenware

[tainbocuailnge]

to be clear you SHOULD buy that cast iron pan and you SHOULD buy that knife set and you SHOULD buy that fancy rice cooker and you SHOULD buy that novelty mug. high quality kitchenware is always worth it you’re literally gonna be using that almost every day

[nudityandnerdery]

This seems like a good post to include this link on:

Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose

One buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still wort

Talking about popular kitchenware companies undergoing enshittification, and gives you a list of brands towards the end that are more reliable.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Now, here's an idea. It's certainly fireproof and contains the ash.

[starlit-meadow]

Look it’s me

[librariandilettante]

(not saying anything...).

[iosonomer-blog]

😂

[brightlotusmoon]

I have never seen this before and I want a series of their shenanigans now.

[librariandilettante]

Now with seven memorable new Years!!!

[master-john-uk]

'Great omen for 2026' found at winter solstice celebrations at Stonehenge

One detail spotted at the winter solstice celebrations at Stonehenge has been hailed as a 'great omen' for the year ahead

A black cat was spotted atop the stones at Stonehenge during the Winter Solstice celebrations. This is considered be a good omen for the coming year.

[lynati]

Ah yes, we can all see him face!

[armengoldira]

[travelinmatt67]

"Happy 100th Birthday, Dick Van Dyke!"