“There’s no beginning to the farmer’s year, / Only recurrent patterns on a scroll / Unwinding”

Some pieces of history(ies):

Cat and Girl: One Panel Every 250 Years Since 30,000 BC[E]. (via)

Four Questions to Ask When Beloved Books Haven’t Aged Well. The last one isn’t a question for everyone (and more than a little self-serving) but the first three are relevant all. (via)

Richard Scarry’s Busytown updated for 2014 and 2018 by someone who did pay attention to that last question. But where’s Goldbug? (via)

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Subject quote from The Land, Spring, Vita Sackville-West.