Friday Varia and Quick Hits

A week of springtime weather has almost melted the snow in our gardens and in the local park and is drying up the mud left behind by the retreating flood waters. 

There’s an old saying here in North Dakotaland. We have four seasons: cold, mud, wind, and dust. Right now we’re leaving mud season, and wind season is just starting. Never a dull moment in North Dakota weather.

Fortunately, neither cold, nor mud, nor wind, seem to discourage me from gleaning some quick hits and varia. Enjoy:

• Classics Everywhere.

• Perspectives on the Greek Village from the JMGS.

• The Ancient Historian on the Tightrope.

• Greece considers banning fax machines! 

• Archaeologists have problems with dating. (I love The Strut’s work, but he missed a trick with his title!)

• Ancient Recycling at Pompeii.

• Ancient fingerprints.

• Stoicism and Marcus Aurelius. 

• Greece’s inspiring “Stay at Home” video.

• Mike Davis on the Age of Catastrophe.

• Audiophile Archaeology.

• Regretting the Pandemic Novel.

• Teaching Against Racism.

• An essay from NDQ: Role Playing Games.

• Eagerly awaited: Timescales: Thinking Across Ecological Temporalities.

• What I’m reading:  Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein, Data Feminism (2020).

• What I’m listening to: Jackie McLean, Let Freedom Ring.

It was Argie’s birthday.He’d like everyone to know that he’s no longer a puppy and his a grown-ass dog.

Milo in the outdoor Milsey Bed.