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@isaacgreene it sort of seemed to me that something was a little spoiled, like they got there too early, too easily, and couldn’t fully enjoy it. But maybe (hopefully) it doesn’t ruin anything for later, it just means you don’t get the full experience right away :)
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/95366010","date_published":"2026-08-07T18:27:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 18:27","date_timestamp":1786127263,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95365992","content_html":"@isaacgreene ha, I’m pretty sure it’s the “old souls” club here on micro.blog!
\nI do wonder sometimes: if I become an old soul too fast, will that actually make it harder to enjoy it when I’m actually old?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/95365992","date_published":"2026-08-07T18:27:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 18:27","date_timestamp":1786127231,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95152321","content_html":"@overholt this was fantastic, thanks for sharing!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/95152321","date_published":"2026-08-04T02:08:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-04 02:08","date_timestamp":1785809310,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94008331","content_html":"@bradleyandroos this is a great set! I hope you get to star in the hit short-form vertical video series (if he even does happenstance interviews anymore?)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/94008331","date_published":"2026-07-14T21:51:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-14 21:51","date_timestamp":1784065899,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93957770","content_html":"@KyleEssary I second what @ablerism said—I really appreciated the third post and was looking forward to this one. Thanks for writing them!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/93957770","date_published":"2026-07-14T01:25:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-14 01:25","date_timestamp":1783992331,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93198691","content_html":"@isaacgreene wow, thanks for sending me down this rabbit hole! . . . I’ve heard a few Sam Amidon songs before, but boy there was still a lot to discover
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/93198691","date_published":"2026-06-30T17:08:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 17:08","date_timestamp":1782839291,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93040552","content_html":"Great music, extraordinary playing!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2026/06/27/great-music-extraordinary-playing.html","date_published":"2026-06-27T20:14:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 20:14","date_timestamp":1782591264,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92945679","content_html":"@madaga I didn’t expect that either! So, you can see how much I remember from the first time I read it 🙃
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/92945679","date_published":"2026-06-26T10:53:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-26 10:53","date_timestamp":1782471220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92908874","content_html":"@madaga hey, I just finished this too! Read it as a kid but pretty much none of it stuck . . . really nice to revisit now as an adult.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/92908874","date_published":"2026-06-25T21:02:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-25 21:02","date_timestamp":1782421352,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92008816","content_html":"@zbarocas hey, good to see someone else giving him a shoutout!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/92008816","date_published":"2026-06-11T23:42:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 23:42","date_timestamp":1781221371,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90571186","content_html":"@JudsonGreene ha, I think I would enjoy Reading Rainbow much more now than I did as a kid
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/90571186","date_published":"2026-05-20T16:18:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-20 16:18","date_timestamp":1779293910,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90458107","content_html":"@JudsonGreene congrats!!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/90458107","date_published":"2026-05-19T02:52:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-19 02:52","date_timestamp":1779159140,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90457848","content_html":"I’ve started on a big tatting project, and I’ve realized I can just about finish one sample per day. It’s a good feeling! . . . to be stretched but also find out what’s doable. 🖼️ 🧶
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/28246/2026/6a244b7cd5-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2026/05/18/ive-started-on-a-big.html","date_published":"2026-05-19T02:44:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-19 02:44","date_timestamp":1779158668,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89741625","content_html":"@JohnBrady you get to (re)name it!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/89741625","date_published":"2026-05-06T23:00:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 23:00","date_timestamp":1778108420,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88272706","content_html":"@JudsonGreene oh yeah, he’s got some really cool stuff!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/88272706","date_published":"2026-04-15T01:55:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 01:55","date_timestamp":1776218109,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87734701","content_html":"@TheGiddyStitcher thanks! FWIW, I can’t say enough good things about the online class at the Lace Museum (near the bottom of the list here), which is how I learned.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/87734701","date_published":"2026-04-07T00:48:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 00:48","date_timestamp":1775522911,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87734503","content_html":"@jabel violets and dandelions! (making notes for future salads)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/87734503","date_published":"2026-04-07T00:40:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 00:40","date_timestamp":1775522450,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86757961","content_html":"@JudsonGreene and also, I’m interested in the “I used to think this harsh” category. Definitely have my own examples of that! It’d be pretty interesting to hear answers from a bunch of different people.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/86757961","date_published":"2026-03-23T02:10:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 02:10","date_timestamp":1774231801,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86757837","content_html":"@JudsonGreene thanks for this. I want to read more Judson commentary!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/86757837","date_published":"2026-03-23T02:06:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 02:06","date_timestamp":1774231619,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86673494","content_html":"Picking back up with learning bobbin lace 🎨🧶
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Really enjoyed listening to the Tuva Halse Quintet these last couple weeks … that trumpet/violin blend!! 👌 Another gem from Bandcamp’s monthly “best of” posts.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2026/03/13/really-enjoyed-listening-to-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-13T12:39:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-13 12:39","date_timestamp":1773405566,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84415868","content_html":"@jabel funny, I just read this review this week! (after finally reading my way through the entire series, at a friend’s urging)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/84415868","date_published":"2026-02-17T02:39:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 02:39","date_timestamp":1771295982,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83879133","content_html":"@isaacgreene love it! I remember a shift like this happening for me in college—realizing a “performance” could feel like following a train of thought, developing the music in real time, as if I were a really really really good improviser. And wow, that way of interpreting feels so alive!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/83879133","date_published":"2026-02-09T04:34:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 04:34","date_timestamp":1770611641,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83017237","content_html":"@JohnBrady I love blanket stitches! (Probably for similar reasons—it’s one of the few stitches I know, but very effective 🙃)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/83017237","date_published":"2026-01-27T23:14:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-27 23:14","date_timestamp":1769555693,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82785783","content_html":"@isaacgreene !!!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/82785783","date_published":"2026-01-24T20:01:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-24 20:01","date_timestamp":1769284887,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82238858","content_html":"@bradleyandroos The nurse said, “Can I ask which one was the bad experience?” and when I told her, she gave a knowing nod and said “I thought so. You’re not the first.” 😂
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/82238858","date_published":"2026-01-17T03:44:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-17 03:44","date_timestamp":1768621443,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82238843","content_html":"@bradleyandroos also, funny story about the clear quality rankings: After my worst ever donation experience at the NYBC near Grand Central, I went back to the downtown BK one, and told them how much better they were. (continued)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/82238843","date_published":"2026-01-17T03:43:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-17 03:43","date_timestamp":1768621404,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82238698","content_html":"@bradleyandroos yep, in Brooklyn, and also quite close to that center actually!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/elliotlovegrove/82238698","date_published":"2026-01-17T03:38:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-17 03:38","date_timestamp":1768621102,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81660295","content_html":"Wow, the last 2 minutes of this video! I love the way these musicians work together (and can’t wait for them to come back to US on tour sometime)
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2026/01/08/wow-the-last-minutes-of.html","date_published":"2026-01-09T01:18:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-09 01:18","date_timestamp":1767921492,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80847204","content_html":"Anyone have advice about a good color desktop printer? Looking for fairly high quality, to print out things like cards, zines, and booklets. Older/“dumber” models preferable because I’d like one without its own app, AI features, etc. if possible 😑
\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2025/12/27/anyone-have-advice-about-a.html","date_published":"2025-12-27T20:19:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-27 20:19","date_timestamp":1766866755,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"56456510","content_html":"Hi @ayjay, grateful blog reader here. 👋 I’ve seen your string of Dorothy Sayers posts and wanted to pass on a link to this show in case you haven’t seen it. Pretty interesting concept for a show all around, but I wasn’t expecting to see a dedicated Sayers section!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2025/01/31/hi-ayjay-grateful-blog-reader.html","date_published":"2025-01-31T21:31:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-31 21:31","date_timestamp":1738359093,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"42497346","content_html":"the tatted postage experiment begins … 🧶🖼️
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\n🎵 Listening: Air for Violin and Piano by Aaron Jay Kernis.
\n\nReally happy to rediscover this today. For me, it’s in a sweet spot of twentieth-century Classical music where every beautiful chord feels hard-won. But really, what a wistful and beautiful piece!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2024/07/27/listening-air-for.html","date_published":"2024-07-28T02:55:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-07-28 02:55","date_timestamp":1722135332,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"40438575","content_html":"A pile of tatting. 🧶
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/28246/2024/2a097e574d.jpg\")
Wow!! This wood carving!\nwww.julienfeller.com
\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2024/06/20/wow-this-wood.html","date_published":"2024-06-20T23:43:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-06-20 23:43","date_timestamp":1718927031,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"22397249","content_html":"One of today’s best finds at the Met: a box made mostly from thin translucent panels of amber. (!!!) Just incredible. (Didn’t get any more details about where/when it was made, unfortunately, but somewhere in Northern Europe, at least a hundred years ago)
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Tatting update 🧶 (following this fantastic pattern by Robin Perfetti)
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A few years in, this album still holds up! Such fun, joyous tracks 😌
\n\njoeyalexander.bandcamp.com/track/our…
\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2023/06/22/a-few-years.html","date_published":"2023-06-22T22:16:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-06-22 22:16","date_timestamp":1687472176,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"20112311","content_html":"I’m quite pleased with how this plastic heat-bending job turned out! (The pieces aren’t finished yet, but this was the major roadblock step)\n🎨
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While I’m thinking about less-famous paintings, here’s my favorite John Singer Sargent painting (and also one of my favorite landscapes ever) 🎨
\n\nSimplon Pass, 1911, at the US National Gallery of Art
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I’ve already thought that Edvard Munch gets short shrift when people only know him for The Scream, but yesterday I was introduced to yet another (really beautiful) facet of his work 🎨
\n\nh/t Robin Sloan’s fabulous newsletter
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A pretty remarkable article:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2023/05/30/a-pretty-remarkable.html","date_published":"2023-05-31T00:53:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-31 00:53","date_timestamp":1685494435,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"12847663","content_html":"Commute
\n\n![\"Landscape](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Felliotlovegrove.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F32b3f0edf5.jpg\")
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\nPetals fallen onto the plants below them feels like a natural version of abstraction … at least to this abstract painter!
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Felliotlovegrove.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F1dd11471f6.jpg\")
golden moment in downtown Brooklyn
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Whew, doing this with thick wire is another level! 🎨🎨
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Felliotlovegrove.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F178921505d.jpg\")
Just a lovely little composition I walked by:
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… and, 🎨 Day 30!! Interactive toy-like projects lead us back to my latest book, which is also a playable marble maze. Here’s a (rough-cut!) video:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/2021/10/14/and-day-interactive.html","date_published":"2021-10-15T02:12:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Elliot Lovegrove","url":"https://elliotlovegrove.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F59110.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"elliotlovegrove"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-10-15 02:12","date_timestamp":1634263945,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"12050545","content_html":"🎨 Day 29
\nLight Toys, 2019\nHere I was trying to make objects which could be played with—but which didn’t read so explicitly as childlike.
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