Beautiful Washington Places

Inspired by Reddit, I thought I would post some photos of beauthiful places in our beloved Washington State.

Washington Coast

 

 

 

 

Seattle

 

 

 

 

Cascades and Rainier

 

 

 

 

 

High desert

 

 

 

 

Palouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

IKEA Worker’s Fantasy Comebacks

A little vicarious catharsis for service workers.

Part 1 of all of them pic.twitter.com/xIj9uvccYc

— Scott Seiss (@ScottSeiss) April 20, 2021

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Loveliest of Trees, by A.E. Housman

Loveliest of Trees

by A. E. Housman

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.

Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.

And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.

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Photos from the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle.

Corner of a 19th-Century Hand-Sewn Sail

Thanks, Nag!

OK Go: This Too Shall Pass

OK Go.

Deja Coup

Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s largest newspaper, has a new article interviewing two German neo-Nazis about the inner workings of Germany’s far fight. I was really struck by the accompanying video. It’s footage of Neo-Nazis attempting to storm the Reichstag last August.

There’s an article about the incident in the English-language Deutsche Welle.

Psychedelic Pro-drug Ad from 1968

An uncredited promotional film from 1968 praises the virtues of good, strong coffee.

Part of the British Film Institute’s Orphan Works archive.

h/t to Nag on the Lake

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Feeling Good

John Legend singing a great Nina Simone hit tonight at the inaugural celebration.

Happy Solstice!

It’s fitting that the longest night of the year is a truly dark one here in the Northwest, with rain coming down in buckets and wind roaring every which way.

Not much chance we’ll see the Christmas star tonight, but the forecast tomorrow is clear and sunny. I think that’s auspicious for the coming year, which as far as I’m concerned begins as soon as the days start getting longer.

Photo credit: Together Under the Stars by Matt Triplow, courtesy of the International Dark-Sky Association.

Mr. Rogers Audio Cassette for Terminally Ill Children

A recent episode of the Spoken Word with Electronics podcast shares Healing with Love, an audio cassette made in 1983 by child psychiatrist Gerald Jampolsky and TV host Fred Rogers. It’s a collection of recordings of group meetings where children and families who have experienced serious illness provide advice and support to other kids undergoing treatment. It’s so touching and inspiring.

This segment is the original audio:

The rest of the episode includes host Ethan Persoff discussing the tape, which he has owned for many years, as well as his interesting remix of the audio. You can listen to the whole thing here.

Found on BoingBoing.