the maker

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wanderlust

Los Angeles Public Library receives tens of thousands of maps belonging to the late adventurer John Feathers.  Accidentally discovered, this October acquisition makes the library one of the nation's top five map archives.  Mr. Feathers' wide-ranging trove includes "run-of-the-mill" gas station and Chamber of Commerce street maps, as well as "historic gems" from 1592, oddities like a 1918 official paved road guide to the United States, a 1956 Lubbock Texas pictorial map, a 1942 street guide to Los Angeles, and a pre-World War I guide to London and other suburbs, and showing streets, parks, lakes, and rivers.  Photostream here.

retro travel

Retro-travel via the classic American road trip;  savoring backroads in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico ..  "neon signs, mid-century charm, movie history" ..

oh those violinists

e.b. white

A 1969 Paris Review interview with E.B. White on The Art Of The Essay. 

WHITE:  I’m not familiar with books on style. My role in the revival of Strunk’s book was a fluke—just something I took on because I was not doing anything else at the time. It cost me a year out of my life, so little did I know about grammar.

vegetarian cuisine

While we're still patting our bellies .. vegetarian cuisine for the holidays.

foraging

How foraging can add a wild touch to Thanksgiving.