rinsemiddlebliss
"At the mercy of the geography"
Birds being cute
A special photo episode
by AK Krajewska
It started out sort of joking about 10 years ago, but now I am definitely and unironically into birds. While I enjoy spotting a new bird, I also like observing common birds. If you pay attention they do some pretty neat things! So this week, I'd like to share some of my collection of... Continue reading (441 words)
Solar eclipse in Hill Country
Staring at the face of God for three and a half minutes
by AK Krajewska
About ten minutes before totality, a patch of sky began to clear just around the sun. I laid on the ground and looked up through the eclipse glasses. The crescent sun became a sliver, became a glint--the diamond ring effect--and then, totality! Glasses off. I cried out, something involuntary, I... Continue reading (1734 words)
Chasing totality
by AK Krajewska
It's late, and I'm too tired from travel and brain gerbils keeping me up the day before travel to write much. I'm in Austin for the solar eclipse, which will be on Monday, April 8, 2024. Austin, TX is along the path of totality, that is, the path along which you will be able to see the total... Continue reading (275 words)
Talking about it and doing it in Liberté
Sex in art needs no excuses, part 4
by AK Krajewska
A group of dudes in pre-revolutionary France have been kicked out of the French royal court for being unmitigated pervs. They travel to a forest where they meet up with a German noble who is a fellow libertine and try to convince him to help them out or join them in their forest frolic. Continue reading (1668 words)
My pocket computer reads me books
Text-to-speech on iOS
by AK Krajewska
I broke my third Kindle Keyboard last weekend. It was my text-to-speech book reading device and I was bummed, but also, it provoked me into checking if I could use my iPhone's accessibility features to read out loud to me. My past experience with screen readers was not great. Continue reading (903 words)
