15
Nov
Book report for October 2024
Letter No. 102: Murderous Vikings, the lowdown on notebooks, and stuffed parrots of disputed provenance.
2 min read
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06
Nov
Now what.
Letter No. 101: This should be fun.
3 min read
03
Nov
My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind
Letter No. 100 (!): A rant from the brink of American political madness, or why can’t I find the mute button?
4 min read
08
Oct
Book Report for September 2024
Letter No. 99: You may detect a self-conscious, apologetic tone.
1 min read
03
Oct
More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor
Letter No. 98: Includes a few hard-to-spell place names, Vikings, and quite a lot about house paint.
5 min read
19
Sep
The exuberant chromatic paint jobs of Reykjavík
Letter No. 97: Once again, the author indulges his besottedness with color, this time after walking through Iceland with a perpetual grin on his mug.
4 min read
04
Sep
Book report for August 2024
Letter No. 96: Includes Arctic lit and disrespect for a canonical American author.
1 min read
27
Aug
You may experience a brief service interruption
Letter No. 95: Explaining an upcoming period of radio silence while Dr Essai sojourns in Greenland.
2 min read
23
Aug
Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative
Letter No. 94: Includes color theory, an unfounded claim about evolution, and a Scottish word for ass
8 min read
14
Aug
Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all
Letter No. 93: It’s all snow geese, top to bottom.
3 min read