Round Museum

Spherical, glistening and jewel-like on a gunkan-maki platform, salmon roe sushi is ready for you. With a little wasabi, some shaved ginger, and a dunk into some soy sauce, the ikura will very quickly be .... all gone.

01.15.21

This doorbell is for visitors only, it is clearly labeled that way. If you're a relative, a delivery person, or selling Girl Scout cookies do not press it. Not for you.

01.14.21

Consumer irrationality supposedly fueled a lot of the toilet paper shortage during 2020. Was it anticipatory anxiety? Herd mentality? Hoard mentality? Turns out the cause was more mundanely about supply and demand economics -- with more people at home instead of the office, then most of the paper was used there. Plenty available at the office. So now with shortages seemingly past us, a return to normal for grocery store availability is a cause to celebrate. You can splurge several squares to make a fancy swirly flower on the roll. Live a little.

01.13.21

Here on the windowsill in a dramatic bowl a troupe of tiny tomatoes takes to the runway for a fashion theme called "The Breakdown of Chlorophyll." During this natural ripening show, a model will change its wardrobe several times, displaying a colorful array of vegetable couture -- first a sensible green blazer, a quick change to a bright yellow caftan, then to uber-feminine orange chinos, and finally a slinky red number for the evening dinner.

01.12.21

Standing under the dome in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda is an impressive view. Finished in 1824, The Capitol has gone through an extensive restoration process since 2015 to repair deterioration due to water infiltration, upgrade electrical and mechanical systems and repaint the Rotunda to historically accurate colors. Up in the eye of the Rotunda and 180 feet from the floor is a painting entitled The Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi.

The knobby tread-like surface of this rubber slam ball would certainly grip the road during inclement weather, but it's there to keep your sweaty hands from losing control during all the explosive wood chops and overhead throws of your cross-training workout. Go ahead, smash that thing down, the impact-absorbing design will not bounce back in your face. If it did, it would make quite an impression on you.

01.09.21

Don't step there. If you start walking on eggshells, then you'll be past the importance of being careful. You need to avoid the eggshells in the first place. Awareness and presence is the key. Something has already been broken for the shells to be there. Unless you broke them in the first place? Then, you have different work to do.

01.08.21

Any good traveling circus will have an animal act, a creepy clown or two, and some feats of daring do. The Death Ring offers this stunt walker the challenge to revolve around the big top in 30 foot swings, every rotation a heart-stopper.

01.10.18

What a crud. A crum-bum. A scummy, sleazy slimeball. Literally, you are a nasty worm-filled dirtball, just lying there on the ground like a degenerate. Wallow like a pig. Crawl like an insect. Get back in the scuzzbucket from which you fell.

01.07.21

Passing the several levels of the Birdhouse Treehouse, winding among the lighted trunks of the rainbow forest, down through the swirly-twirly glowing Tunnel, and resting beside the Meadow Boardwalk, the Forest Orbs of Longwood pulse in ever-changing chromatic cycles. What's your favorite color?

Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square, PA

01.06.21