Source: Brain Pickings Excerpt: ““Memory is the seamstress, and a capricious one at that. Memory runs her needle in and out, up and down, hither and thither.” “In these all-seeing days, the traffic between memory and forgetting becomes untrackable,” Teju Cole wrote in his beautiful essay on photography and “our paradoxical memorial… Continue reading Virginia Woolf on the Nature of Memory and How It Threads Our Lives Together
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Buckhorn Saloon and Museum in San Antonio, Texas
Source: Atlas Obscura Excerpt: “Drink a beer whilst you admire stuffed cougars and shrunken heads. Albert Friedrich was just a 17-year-old bellhop in 1881 when he purchased the building across the street from the hotel he worked at and opened a saloon. In what could have been an ill-advised business move, he… Continue reading Buckhorn Saloon and Museum in San Antonio, Texas
New X-Carve CNC Router Bulks Up for Advanced Usage
Source: Make Magazine Excerpt: “Last May, we spotted what looked like an updated version of Inventable’s X-Carve. The company has now made it official. Read more on MAKE The post New X-Carve CNC Router Bulks Up for Advanced Usage appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers.” New X-Carve CNC… Continue reading New X-Carve CNC Router Bulks Up for Advanced Usage
Follow our RNC correspondent!
We sent a comedian and former game-show contestant (and journalist) to cover the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Follow along on instagram at @atavistmag and Twitter at @justintrevett. Welcome to the circus! Source: Atavist
Hawai’i County “Magic Of The Season”
The County of Hawai’i is hosting its second annual holiday open house from the 10th through the 21st and we’ve been going almost every evening. It’s so close, just two doors down Aupuni, that it’s no effort at all. Each department decorated a Christmas tree and is hosting one of the 10 nights when there… Continue reading Hawai’i County “Magic Of The Season”
Hilo Christmas Parade
The Hilo Christmas parade is held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The parade originates by the King Kamehameha statue in Wailoa River State Park. I took the sweet boy and we sat on the curb on Pauahi Street. We watched antique cars, a brass band, girl scouts, boy scouts, a ukelele band, many beauty queens, a… Continue reading Hilo Christmas Parade