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Charles A. Riley II, Color Codes (1995)

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A week later, on March 24, the President hosted his first state dinner, for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada. He complained to Haldeman about it the next morning: "We've got to speed up these dinners. They take forever. So why don't we just leave out the soup course?" "Well...," Haldeman began. Nixon cut him off: "Men don't really like soup." On a hunch, the chief of staff called the President's valet, Manolo Sanchez, and asked: "Was there anything wrong with the President's suit after that dinner last night?" "Yes. He spilled soup down the vest." The action memo went out: No more soup, ever.

Richard Reeves, President Nixon: Alone in the White House

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giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia—“arrogant,” “writing”) on the sidewalk and the pane behind it

They are known to be attracted to bitter, unripe vegetables and broccoli flowers.

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Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) Le Passage Cottin, Montmartre 1922

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Hilma af Klint (Swedish, 1862-1944) Group I, Primordial Chaos, No. 10 1906 © Stiftelsen Hilma af Klints Verk

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Liu Yin (Chinese, 1984) - Summer (2025)

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Ferdinand Von Wright

" From the Garden ", 1853

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LYDIA DAVIS

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Viola Pushkareva - Two Ivans and Oksana (1964)

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Susanna at her Bath (1850) by Francesco Hayez (Italian, 1791 – 1881), oil on canvas, 138 cm × 122 cm (54 in × 48 in), National Gallery, London

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-A Road in St. Remy with Female Figures-

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Andrei Pokrovskii (Russian, 1996) - Untitled (2026)

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I saw this new book about Johnny Appleseed (American Rambler) on display at the library the other day and flipped through it. I did not check it out because I couldn’t get past this epigraph:

There ain’t no home and there is no cure

For a no-good ramblin’ man

—Zach Bryan, “No Cure”

of all the songs about rambling! why would you bypass Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, etc.? Nothin’ in Ramblin’?

[perkwunos]

The Johnny Appleseed they don’t want you to know about

[bigfuckingcrab]

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