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#TodayILearned that the National Ice Core Lab in Denver stores ice from Greenland which scientists can petition to analyze. #NFN

Parks spent the entire book comparing the ups and downs of train travel to meditation. And, it worked. I wouldn't mind reading my book on a train and observing people, humanity at its worst (hustling/body odors) and its best (sharing food and stories).

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I don't believe I just learned it, but it had reopened my eyes.

Happy Monday! Here‘s a long exposure #beautybreak for anyone who needs it. 🤣 Also, I love it when I find plants growing from rocks.

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The first volume of a LGBT manga premised around traveling around the world. Laid-back (and always hungry) Mitsuki and uptight overplanner Asahi are traveling together. Asahi is figuring himself and his life out, and bits of the romance seemed juvenile.

Loved the drawings of the sites, but really wish there was a list or captions to say what some of them were (to put on the list if I visit!). Enjoyed the snacks, especially in Georgia.

Cute.

Random book from our personal library.

The author ridicules Thor Heyerdahl to the ends of the earth and then there‘s this statement: “Probably the most obnoxious aspect of Heyerdahl is that he appears to display a deep bias, bordering on contempt, against Polynesians.”

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!

#TodayILearned that there are no male High Arctic black flies. The females have figured out how to reproduce without them. #NFN

Reading this has made me want to plan a trip to Scotland!

If you ever have a desire to read this book, be aware there is a lot of this.

The author is thorough, and 80% into it, I‘m getting a ton of detail about every possible island in Oceania. I‘m not fond of his constant criticisms (Wikipedia calls it a strong stream of irony, that‘s not what I‘d call it) of pretty much every single person he meets, and judgments of swaths of people based on those he encounters. But as usual I enjoy reading about ⬇️