Before the crowd

Truck Yard, Dallas

This is Happiness by Niall Williams

There was no reason to suppose the fine weather had only come for Easter, but if reason accounted for all that human beings did the history of the world would be a straightforward telling.

What’s It Like to Be …

The podcast What’s it Like to Be … with Dan Heath is a real treat. Especially great is “What’s It Like to Be a Piano Tuner,” which is a conversation with a master piano tuner at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall. It’ll make you smile.

I dwell in possibility

This poetry project by A.O. Scott of the NYTimes is lovely. And the latest offers a wonderful poem by Emily Dickinson:

I dwell in Possibility -
A fairer House than Prose -
More numerous of Windows -
Superior - for Doors -

Of Chambers as the Cedars -
Impregnable of eye -
And for an everlasting Roof. The Gambrels of the Sky -

Of Visitors - the fairest -
For Occupation - This -
The spreading wide my narrow Hands. To gather Paradise -

Tasty

Currently reading. And enjoying.

He had the wan face of a farmer in calving season, eyes small from lack of sleep and close encounters with viscera.

“like shining from shook foil”

A Half-Dozen Feel-Good Movies

1. About Time
2. The Shop Around the Corner
3. The Tao of Steve
4. Casablanca
5. Cold Comfort Farm
6. What’s Up Doc?

Feel like sharing some of yours?

Presented without comment (because none is needed) to my fellow Texas voters:

From the WSJ:

Elon Musk Pours a Fortune Into Saving Texas for Republicans The world’s richest man donated $158 million to an effort backing state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

At the State Fair

Can you guess which state? It’s a toughie.