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Bookmarked: "Drawing, for many people, is that phantom skill they remember having in elementary school, when they drew with great relish and abandon." - from Line by Line, the New York Times' new how-to drawing blog.

Tibetan butter tea, the most elusive tea of all.


Image:  Make a comic book from a single sheet of paper.

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” - Sylvia Plath

The Apiary Corp. published a literary magazine! If you're in Philadelphia next weekend, stop by Light + Honey, our multi-arts magazine release party.

'So much depends on the second bottle.' -  Pithy, practical tips on ordering wine.

Attention proponents of extraterrestrial colonization - Charles Darwin's early experiments in terra-forming a success!

Image: Japanese shell divers.

Insect eggs up close.

The next time someone asks you for change, give them your credit card instead.

"Take the American reissue of my fourth novel Game Control – a wicked, nasty novel about a plot to kill two billion people overnight... Yet what cover do I first get sent? A winsome young lass in a floppy hat, gazing soulfully to the horizon in a windblown field." How women writers get sold short.