The Lament of Aisle Seven: A Rite Aid Eulogy

The nostalgic piece reflects on the closure of a beloved local Rite Aid, emphasizing its role as a crucial neighborhood hub providing essential items and personal connections. With rising prices and changing inventory, the store's decline evokes a sense of loss for community ties and convenience, leaving a noticeable void in daily life.

https://dreamspacestudio.net/the-lament-of-aisle-seven-a-rite-aid-eulogy/

Oh Bengaluru. How much I did *not* miss you, but here I'm. Please be gentle with me. 🙇‍♂️

#travel #lamentation #India

Today's pick: Pietà (1850) - Eugène Delacroix. #art #Delacroix #Lamentation

https://www.artbible.info/art/large/591.html

Today's pick: Pietà (c. 1505) - Giovanni Bellini. #art #Bellini #Lamentation

https://www.artbible.info/art/large/461.html

Today's pick: Seven Sorrows: The Lamentation (1495-1496) - Albrecht Dürer. #art #Dürer #Lamentation

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October Reading Radar For Analogue Worlds In Portland, Oregon

The weather is cooling, and I am turning to my bookshelves to keep me warm. There are a few upcoming releases I am excited for, but the majority of my anticipated book releases are being paired with a book tour that stops through Portland, so you can find those recommendations towards the end of this article. For Portland, it is a busy month of book events for Analogue Worlds. When I use the term "Analogue Worlds," this is short-hand for naming the genres of books that are worlds separate […]

https://investigativegeek.com/2025/10/14/october-reading-radar-for-analogue-worlds-in-portland-oregon/

A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS:                     But why
Be sure of the worst, and weep too soon?
 
[ΧΟΡΟΣ: μὴ πρόμαντις ἀλγέων
προλάμβαν᾽, ὦ φίλα, γόους.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 338ff (412 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1954)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/78984/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #anticipation #catastrophize #confirmation #expectation #grief #lamentation #pessimism #sorrow #verification #woe

Today's pick: The Lamentation (1304-06) - Giotto. #art #Giotto #ArenaChapel #Lamentation

https://www.artbible.info/art/large/406.html

Today's pick: The Lamentation (c. 1475) - Andrea Mantegna. #art #Mantegna #Lamentation

https://www.artbible.info/art/large/882.html

Andrea Mantegna: The Lamentation

Picture and description of a work by Andrea Mantegna: The Lamentation. Tempera on canvas (68 x 81 cm), dated c. 1475.

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Today's pick: Pietà (1889) - Vincent van Gogh. #art #VanGogh #Lamentation

https://www.artbible.info/art/large/590.html

Vincent van Gogh: Pietà

Picture and description of a work by Vincent van Gogh: Pietà. Oil on canvas (73 x 60 cm), dated 1889.

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