AJ 24 • Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Issue 24 01 It’s Cloud-Spotting Season Actually, it’s always cloud-spotting season. But sometimes we need reminding to look up, and for that there’s Gavin Pretor-Pinney and the Cloud Appreciation Society. In 2003, Pretor-Pinney bailed on his London design business and moved to Rome for … Read more
Building a sublime island getaway on the edge of Finland’s Archipelago National Park
Spring is a time of renewal marked by the transition from bracing winter outings to extended backpacking trips. In that spirit, here are three trail-ready recipes
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AJ 24 • Recommended Reading Recommended Reading Arctic fur trappers, Neanderthal respect, desert gothic, and fifty hikes across the Alps By Stephen Casimiro Issue 24 The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven Nathaniel Ian Miller · Little, Brown · 2021 As a young boy in Sweden at the beginning of the twentieth century, bookworm Sven Ormson was … Read more
A Scandinavian photographer uses color and mood to explore her hometown’s enigmatic past
Chiura Obata erased cultural boundaries and redefined the landscape of art in the Sierra Nevada
A surprising cohort of animal navigators uses the night sky for guidance
For thousands of years, humans absorbed the language of animals with whom their lives were intertwined. Might we remember it still?
