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irizoris@hcommons.social

irizoris@hcommons.social

<p>Books, book recommendations, Editionswissenschaft, gardens and libraries, pesticide free, herbicide free, cruelty free, languages English &amp; French &amp; German, legal name Christine Irizarry</p>

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    Some trees are making a comeback.

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    This Roger Chartier lecture ties together at least five or six things I am keenly interested in. https://pca.st/episode/d1ad81ac-3a78-4cae-b62b-a8493979a465

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    My kid and I exchanged pics of street crossing signs on January 1st. Hers: Seniors crossing (in Seattle). Mine: Turtles crossing (in Nashville).

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    Just practiced Spanish at the bus stop with a man from Guatemala. He told me that in his region they grow coffee, bananas and cardamom. He also told me that he speaks Q&amp;#39;eqchi&amp;#39; with his friends and family. I just looked up this language, hitherto unknown to me.

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    Benito Bad Bunny Martínez Ocasio honored the linemen restoring power in Puerto Rico. I took a screenshot and am dedicating the screenshot to the linemen who&amp;#39;ve been working on Nashville&amp;#39;s power lines since the vicious ice storm that started on January 25.

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    The tree + electricity challenge in Tennessee, home of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

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    Caturday

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    No matter what your app tells you, &amp;quot;la rupture&amp;quot; in French only *sometimes* means &amp;quot;rupture&amp;quot; in English. It frequently means &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;break up&amp;quot; unless you *do* mean that &amp;quot;so and so&amp;#39;s relationship ruptured overnight&amp;quot;

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    At this church yard sale in Montreal there&amp;#39;s a book by Graham Greene in Czech. Books travel.

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    Everyday the English word &amp;#39;rupture&amp;#39; is moving a little closer to the French meaning of the word. (Manvir Singh, New Yorker,, March 16, 2026.)

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    After I retired in December 2024, I stopped also taking care of the garden at my then job and went off traveling here and there for six months. Then I came back and now I&amp;#39;m in the old garden again, with a little help from friends. It&amp;#39;s been cool here in Nashville, and I have lettuce and radishes. Irises are blooming too.

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    Nashville is now crisscrossed by driverless Waymos. I see them every time I step out, especially while waiting for a bus. This Waymo seemed to have picked up some of the bad habits of Nashville drivers: inching forward and blocking the crosswalk while the ped light is green and the Waymo is impatient to make a right turn on red.

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    My next move may be full-time grower of lettuce. I love lettuce.

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    Peas

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    I watched the video that Columbia University&amp;#39;s new president Shafik made, addressing students. She seems to know nothing about Columbia, a pretty old institution by U.S. standards, with enormous amounts of baggage, bad and good. (Editing this: I just read that Shafik is a member of a Coptic Christian church. Why does she say in the video that she grew up Muslim? Or maybe she means &amp;quot;surrounded by Muslims.&amp;quot;) Columbia: the only employer I&amp;#39;ve had in 40ish years o...