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Book of TREE 2.51

Remember to vote for your paper choice for the Invincible summer print! At the time of writing, Somerset Enhanced Velvet is winning. If you want your print on a more textured paper, or you want the smooth paper to keep its lead, get your vote in today.

I joined Facebook back when it was marketed to university students. I created my Twitter account when tweets were limited to 140 characters – that included any links! I wonder how many miles I’ve scrolled since then?

The miles have gone by more slowly the past few years. I’ve written a lot about my efforts to read or look at things of significance in my free moments instead of scrolly-scrolling. A thing I’ve learned is that it’s possible to consume mindlessly no matter how worthy the content.

I regularly put down my phone and two minutes later have no recollection of what I just read. To combat my mindlessness I started asking myself a question when I finish reading: What did I learn? Then I make myself answer the question. It helps (when I remember to do it).

There’s no point to curiosity if your discoveries slip away.

What did you learn?

I spent Wednesday in Oxford with Christine. I love that city. Here are two of the many wonderful things.

One: This painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in a wonderful little Impressionist gallery at the top of the Ashmolean Museum:

This song by The Black Keys played while we ate dinner in the Gardener’s Arms, a lovely vegan and vegetarian pub in Jericho.

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Jeff