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Heather Shayne Blakeslee reminds us not to pull the ladder up behind us in our politically divided times // We compile a list of to-dos in Camden // RQ discusses the rich history of the USS Becuna and other warships at the Independence Seaport Museum // Lauren Earline Leonard on the backstory of why Philly goes ‘down the shore’ // We recommend books by Virginia Woolf and Werner Herzog, and the documentaries 100 Foot Wave and The Deepest Breath // Exhibitions and art by Mavis Pusey at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Tom Judd at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, “At First There Was a Sea” at 12 Gates Gallery, and a check-in with water baby Saskia Fleishman // Emily Dickinson on strolling on the beach with her dog // A snippet of sailor talk from Moby-Dick // Theater-kid-turned-lay-naturalist Anisa George reminds us that we are not in control of nature as she chases the wonder of a bird migration // Photographer Thomas Brummett on rivers and infinite systems // Bali’s sacred water system via Tyler Blodgett’s documentary photography // Michael M. Clements on overcoming fear and self-doubt to finally catch a mid-life wave in Indonesia //
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“Glorious. This is exactly what we need right now... This is our better angels and we owe it to ourselves, and all of us—and our future—to engage with art, and with science, with truth and with beauty, with honor, and without division.”