Senses working overtime #281

  1 Celebrating Country Diary

Paul Evans writes a great column for the Guardian. Here he is: 

Country diary: the killer role of pollen in the hawkweed’s life cycle

2 The US election could break America
Let us not hedge about one thing. Donald Trump may win or lose, but he will never concede.

3 The wire that circles Manhattan

The Eruv explained. It's a fascinating explanation.
4 RIP Max Merritt

New Zealand's Billy Thorpe: Max Merritt had his first hit (the brilliant Get A Haircut) as a teenager in 1959 as Max Merritt and The Meteors and was a rock and roll powerhouse in the sixties along with Ray Columbus and the Invaders. In 1976 he had this massive hit in the southern hemisphere: Slipping Away. 

God bless Max.

5 Noah's Compass

I've moved onto my next Anne Tyler novel. It's excellent!

Overtime: Why I blog

For the same reasons as Austin Kleon articulates here. So there!