Posts By: Jessi

Sita Sings the Blues

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Nina Paley made a movie! It’s not playing anywhere around here yet, but you can watch the trailer. It’s great eye-candy. I’m really curious about the story too. Sita Sings the Blues If the trailer makes you impatient to see more, you can watch a few excerpts. Paley made Sita Sings the Blues on her… Read more »

Richard Feynman the explainer

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There’s a beautifully written essay by someone who worked on a project with Richard Feynman, the quantum electrodynamics physicist. The writer describes how Richard loved to explain subjects normally considered difficult and complex in simple, easy terms, and how he didn’t consider that he’d finished learning something until he had taught it to others. I… Read more »

A fava bean day

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Those tall stalks bending over with the weight of their huge pods, warm from the sun…they called to me. So I harvested a few favas. I had the last batch fresh, but they were gone so quickly it was frustrating. A gallon of pods reduces down to less than a quart of hulled beans reduces… Read more »

Victor Jara

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It is a good day to remember Chilean folksinger and poet Victor Jara. Jara was murdered by the Pinochet regime 35 years ago. One of his murderers has finally been convicted. Jara’s memory and music live on. I can’t write more movingly than has already been done, so go read, see, and listen.