'The Harvest'
Linocut by contemporary printmaker Helen Timbury, 2011
In Scottish folklore a strange black cat's arrival to the home signifies prosperity and good luck.
It's believed that a woman who owns a black cat will have many suitors.
#Caturday

A 1944 map by geologist Harold Fisk charts a 40-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from Friars Point to Gunnison, Mississippi. Fisk used aerial photos and maps to estimate the past and then-present channels. Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mississippi-rivers-hidden-history-uncovered-by-lidar?fbclid=IwY2xjawQYXkdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCZ2JBT2tWdVlXMmEzNU5Uc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsbjW-Yuubr_o_Kfeh0Elzc94geDwfXIZmeNL7NyljEBAOEjH53m2QLSo1NF_aem__4NkCIJ_D8J6mI1e8eMByg

Rivers are living beings.

Far out! I am honestly very impressed.

Shades of 1940. Or 1870. Poor France! More Pickelhaube in the Hall of Mirrors ....

They certainly foo fooed the art in the later versions of the game. The map in particular. Snazzy.

Playing against 10 men helps too (actually I think the red card was deserved even if the United player took a dive at the end of the play).

Here's the first peek at the board for The Pure Land: Onin War in Muromachi Japan, 1465-1477 from
@gmtgames.bsky.social. This looks absolutely terrific, and just like that - there's suddenly a new COIN game for my consideration. Thanks a lot, @zweigefuhle.bsky.social. 😉

Zero as well. There are things there that I would not order for myself, but I can eat any of it. For example liver. I do not need a thin liver "steak", but in a pâté you bet. I do not need a bowl full of olives, but put them in a martini and we are having a conversation.

No. Lampposts do no taste like strawberry shortcake. And winter is a bad time to see if it is true or not!

Yep. Agree.

It's getting silly at this point.

Take the gifted points Jags. Kick the field goal!

That is genuinely alarming. I'm not sure if that is a credit to the Bears or an indictment against the GB offense. Or both.

I agree. They had precious little going for them offensively.

Oh well. Hopefully the LT Williams will be able to play against the Eagles. I just read that another LB is out (Bethune).

As a 49ers fan, I think the staff did very well under ridiculous circumstances due to key injuries. However they are a bit of a one dimensional paper tiger. The Defense is just not good alas. Philly should run the ball down their throat despite their own problems. Vrabel, Payton or Macdonald CotY.

That was lovely. Thanks for sharing it.

Rime frost 2026

Rime frost 2026

I bounce from periods of brain lethargy to energy and back again. If I have a book on the go I tend to be more "energy", but I am not sure if an active reading period is the medicine or simply a sign that my brain is engaged generally.

So ancient, yet so relatable. People are people regardless of the time period it seems.

in order to progress past and escape out of the neoliberal hellscape that chokes us, we need a cultural revolution. culture & art has been entirely co-opted by corporations and capitalist power structures. we need to redefine culture. we need to reset it.

"is our entwined" ...... Sigh ....... :D

It is another example for when people state that America is now the enemy. Hence the increased drift away from it by liberal democracies.

I'm not in that camp yet. However I fully support the cutting of the Gordian Knot that is entwined economies. The USA is too unstable to lash ourselves to.

Ah fuck .... he is going to be there? Ugh.

That creature needs to be out of my life. FIFA itself is bad enough, but FIFA and Cheeto is too much. They are really trying to push me away from the sport I love.

We're really enjoying the show too. It's a fantastic take on an old scifi premise. More TV shows like this please. It is neck and neck with Andor Season 2 for my fav of 2025.