Turkey survivor’s guilt

Did the Thanksgiving weekend tradition (ish) of going around Rockcliffe and surrounds, this time meandering very slowly on my bike. Saw a group of wild turkeys—if I still posted to Instagram, I’d have captioned the photo “survivor’s guilt” or something similar. All in all, a slow-going day, but with at least one highlight: cheese curds by McKay Lake, watching the sun on the changing leaves.

• A heartwarming profile of Robert Munsch’s connections to Guelph, Ontario, and the numerous times and places he’s “dropped in” over the decades.
• “So, yes, let’s celebrate Lesbian Day. Let’s be Proud. Be Visible. But never forget: We do not live in fairyland.” – “Lesbian Visibility”, by Nicola Griffith
• The Housebooks of Nuremberg offer “more than 1,300 depictions of numerous manufacturing processeses and handcrafted products from the 15th to the 19th century”. (via Megan Fitzpatrick) (if you’re accessing on a small screen, use the little blue arrow to access the books)
• “The life and tools of H. C. Fackelman”—oh, the places a toolbox will take you!
• For another historical dive, here’s one on what you can learn from gold rush banking ledgers.
• “The Slow Formation of Durable Software” is a delicious title for Dan Cohen’s behind-the-scenes reflection on the creation of Zotero twenty years ago. (Also, Zotero is looking good! Nice to see it’s had some UI polish since I last used it regularly.)
• On the absolutely nutters social calendar of Victorian elites. (Nutters by my calendar, that is.)
• Two local stories: “This Carleton University exhibition envisions a Cree ‘utopia’” (the billboards will be neat to see around town) and “’Book brigade’ moves 7,400 books by hand to Hintonburg store’s new space”

All the best for the week ahead!

Lucas