I’ve been inspired by Carvell Wallace’s substack consistency to post on this blog again. I’d like to post something that made me feel something once a month or so.

Last month I read about Monserrat’s St Patrick’s Day rebellion on the instagram account @pokateo_maps (wherein a fellow potato-lover named Kate posts about maps). On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the enslaved people conspired to revolt against their Irish oppressors on a day known for drunken revelry. This article describes some of the ethnic history leading to the island’s current cultural identity.

According to iTunes, the song I listened to most in March 2025 was this one from; ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ https://youtu.be/3dF7zX747HA?si=E7weDQaoNFuSvy3D

I’m playing my little language games every day and the current unit for my Persian lesson is about Working Remotely. The word of the day is:

پسزمینهٔ مجازی = virtual background

If you’ve got a couple bucks, might make a donation to a local cause: https://www.omprakash.org/global/wood-street-commons/crowdfund/emergency-van-fund

Or a global cause: https://chuffed.org/project/crips-for-esims-for-gaza