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Every week Ingrid could send you a list of 'perfect sentences' discovered online in the preceding week. This week she shared something from one of my favorite novelists/bloggers/olive oil manufacturers: Robin Sloan

Recently highlighted in Perfect Sentences newsletter:

I love Japanese mysteries for their wacky, frigid construction — as if these authors looked at the cold clockwork of the Sherlock Holmes stories and said “Oh, that’s WAY too loose and squishy.

"Good trains", Robin Sloan in his newsletter... Submitted by David.

Looking out for the truth

I have come to realize that the truth must be shepherded. It’s not self-evident nor single-threaded. It’s made up of disparate pieces which can stray. That’s where the phrase “the whole truth” arises, but we can’t always get the whole thing. We can’t ever be

Elle Decor "Explains It All" for the 2026 Met Gala

The Art That Inspired the 2026 Met Gala Red Carpet Famous works the stars used as references for their red carpet ensembles By Megan Wahn Published in Elle Decor on May 5, 2026

Celebrating Nicole Hollander

We just got a wonderful NY Times obituary from Richard Sandomir for one of my favorite cartoonists, Nicole Hollander. My mother and I discovered her SYLVIA cartoons in the newspaper, and fell in love. As Sandormir says, Sylvia was "a big-haired, cigarette-smoking, cat-loving, hyper-opinionated feminist." We especially loved

Seeing the Hass Brothers' work on recent trip to NYC

This trip, I didn't take as many photos because I focused on Being There. But some things were just too good not to save. I think I've been exposed to the Haas Brothers of Austin, TX before, but their show at the MAD museum was stunning.

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Looking out for the truth

Elle Decor "Explains It All" for the 2026 Met Gala

Celebrating Nicole Hollander

Seeing the Hass Brothers' work on recent trip to NYC