Accompanying the spouse to a conference is always good, but doubly so when the conference is in Honolulu! There will be a more detailed report after we are back; in the mean time, here are a few murals, from delightful to bizarre.
Duvel would certainly have been my favorite beverage if it weren’t for the existence of coffee. It’s hard to come by in DC, so imagine my delight when I found it at a random grocery store in Maui.
Kihei, HI, 2019.
The sun flares up the sky over Lake Mead, then at a record low (note the white strip just above the water), which was soon to be broken.
Lake Mead, NV, September 8 2021.
A mural from the rust belt. Obscured by the gas-guzzlers in the bottom left corner is the slogan: “Without Labor Nothing Prospers”. Indeed.
Athens, OH, 2021.
Disruption as a concept is Lindy. Each particular manifestation of disruption, on the other hand…
From the The Car and Carriage Caravan Museum at the Luray Caverns.
From the Frist Art Museum in Nashville: some very old silk fabric.
Being stuck at an airport doesn’t have to be bad. Nashville, for example, has more than one airport restaurant with live music at all hours of the day (and night). Last year we spent a few hours waiting for a delayed flight at Ole Red.
The Statue of Liberty is made of copper, which long ago oxidized into a green patina: the perfect protection against the harsh salty airs of the Hudson/Upper New York Bay. So of course there is a campaign to remove that protection and make it shiny again.
From the National Aquarium in Baltimore, a non-fluorescent jellyfish. Its glow comes from background lighting conspiring with iPhone 15’s propensity to illuminate.
The Pacific sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens), if Google's image search is to be believed
The wild blue yonder, as seen from a submarine off the coast of Lahaina (2019). So it goes…
