TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

"Things You Wouldn't Know If We Didn't Blog Intermittently."

01 October 2026

"Wild Grapes" (Robert Frost, 1942)

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What tree may not the fig be gathered from? The grape may not be gathered from the birch? It’s all you know the grape, or know the birch. As...
30 September 2026

"The Secret of Secrets" (Dan Brown, 2025)

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In the 18 years I've been writing this blog, I've reviewed 139 books to add to the "recommended books" category of TYWKIW...
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25 September 2026

There are two types of sumac

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This is one of the most interesting things I've found today and it was worth a quick browse (only fast-forwarded a couple times).  Despi...
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23 September 2026

Three-minute drum solo on a bodhrán

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"The Maguires at the launch of their debut album, Little Giants and Other Oxymorons at Temple Bar Tradfest in January 2017.  This clip ...
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A very unusual door

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The overall image is a bit distorted from using a wide-angle lens indoors, but it does show that a wooden bar has been fixed diagonally acro...
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U.S. map of named highways in 1927

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Apologies to the owner of this image, because I saved it in 2007 without noting the source.  This is obviously not a map of all highways, bu...
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This is not a book you would enjoy reading

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I don't remember the context of the post and whether I expressed it in the post or in the comments, but somewhere several weeks ago I of...
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22 September 2026

Extremely detailed study of a painting

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I hadn't even finished watching before deciding it was blogworthy, especially when I learned why angel wings resemble watermelon slices.
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Lunch with grandma

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Cartoon found in the discussion thread of this image : Reposted from 2020.
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18 September 2026

"Hilma af Klint" - an awesome movie about a remarkable artist

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I was blown away last evening watching this documentary movie from our library.   I have zero background education in art history, and had n...
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16 September 2026

Tobacco quotas and modern farming

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Herewith some passages from " Less is Enough " - an excerpt in Harper's Magazine from the foreword to an upcoming republicati...
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15 September 2026

Company suggests a "courtesy remittance"

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I have been a State Farm customer for 60+ years, ever since my first car and apartment.  Recently I've noticed a change in their billing...
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Interesting interview on Bloomberg this morning

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Lots of interesting stuff presented during the Bloomberg pre-market "Surveillance" progeram this moning.  Jonathan Ferro commented...
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13 September 2026

A "fish nest"

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Third Place, Conservation Hope. A male white-spotted pufferfish creates an intricate spawning nest in the sand. The fish carefully shapes a t...

Mashup of the movies of 2023

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A time-tagged list of the many hundreds of sources for these movie clips is available at the Sleepy Skunk tumblr page.  When I view these r...
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