A Moving Right Along Weekly Link Round-Up

When about the only things a person has to report for the week are that the big senita cactus right outside the living room window is growing new little arms and that the verdin are replacing their nest that was blown out of the cactus by a haboob (dust storm), you know it's been a quiet week. Knitting. Reading. Watching critters. Blogging. Going to get the bandages changed on my leg. Yawn.

So I'll leave you with a funny...

 

Enjoy the links!

 ►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• Has the pandemic put an end to the SAT and ACT?
• An article by Sujata Massey about our "favorite" book covers: Women in period costume, facing away.
• In true crime, we find a deep, elusive connection.
• The history of restaurant menus.
• This illustrated poster decodes the meaning behind traditional sailor tattoos.
• What makes the suburbs so terrifying?
• At the National Museum of the American Indian, "Developing Stories: Native American Photographers in the Field" presents contemporary Native experiences from the inside.
• The Crime Writers Association in the UK have announced their 2021 Dagger Awards. I don't pay all that much attention to awards, but when I quickly scanned this list, I noticed that I read more of the short-listed and winning books here than I ever do for awards in the US.
  

 

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• Fragments of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, half a world apart, have been pieced together.
• A fingerprint found on a Renaissance wax sculpture may belong to Michelangelo.
• A palatial 2,000-year-old public building will soon open to tourists in Jerusalem.
• A Roman ear cleaner and tweezers have been unearthed in England.
• Grave excavations suggest that ancient Egyptian head cones were real.
• A painting found within the walls of a gallery in Rome may be a stolen Klimt.
• Archaeologists have unearthed a Celtic warrior grave complete with chariot and elaborate shield.

 

►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄

• An elusive glass octopus was spotted in the remote Pacific Ocean.
• When squirrels were one of America's most popular pets.
• On Cape Cod, heatmaps could help swimmers and great white sharks coexist.
• The adorable way baby koalas are weighed.
• A study says that polluted rivers could turn fish into meth addicts.
• Microbes in cow stomachs can help recycle plastic.
• Relaxing footage showing wildlife in an African preserve gathering around a waterhole.
• Watch a little Yorkshire terrier protecting its territory chase a bear up a tree.

 

►Fascinating Folk◄

• Former shipbuilder Nathie Katzoff creates spectacular wooden bathtubs that resemble small vessels.
• Shavarsh Karapetyan, the champion swimmer who saved more than twenty lives.
• Princess Ka'iulani, the tragic life and global legacy of the last Hawaiian princess.
• Peter Abrahams (AKA Spencer Quinn) on writing a dog mystery and finding the secret to happiness.
• Donna Leon: a crime reader's guide to the classics.

 

►The Happy Wanderer◄

• Visiting Old West cemeteries can be an education. I think I'd like to visit the paste eater's grave in Goldfield, Nevada.
• Ridiculous views of some of the best national parks.
• Twice a year, Snake Road at Wolf Lake, Illinois, is closed for a very eco-friendly reason.
• The twenty most mosquito-infested cities in America.

 

►I ♥ Lists◄

• Ten biographies to read if you can't wait for the Olympics.
• A beginner's guide to waterfront cozies.
• Great books that are secretly science fiction.
• The thirty best diner scenes in crime movies.
• Twenty weird old words for bodily ailments.
• Seven coming-of-age mysteries that capture "the oddness of the moment in question."
• Ten books about circuses and spectacle.
• Read around America: twelve books that span the states.

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Don't forget to take the time to curl up with a good book!