From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Language Hat

by Cathleen Schine on August 4, 2008

It is a terrible thing for the world at large that 3quarksdaily is taking a vacation, even if there are all those amazing pictures of hay posted. BUT as if the compensate me for this tragedy, the blog gods led me for the first time to check out 3quarksdaily’s links and then led my eyes

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What I heard and What I want

by Cathleen Schine on August 4, 2008

What I heard:
I heard the first cicadas in Riverside Park
I heard a taxi meter rattling on West End Avenue; it sounded like a cicada
I heard leaves hissing as a rain storm blew down the Hudson
I heard an irate taxi driver honk his horn for three blocks; he had right of way, it’s true, but still…

What

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