On a good day: https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7GVKQZJa3RPbYmD6/giphy.gif And this is how I feel on a bad one...
Silver Linings (51) Devenir
https://vimeo.com/236305663 This little animated video by Géraldine Charpentier-Basille is such an exquisite expression of less is more. And over in New Jersey, check out what's happening in the wilderness: Silver Linings: Coyotes, Maggots, Chrysanthemum Weeds--Day 52. And I think it's time for a puzzle update:
Silver Linings (50) Frida Kahlo: I Portray Myself
The Museo Dolores Olmedo, itself a monument to female innovation and creativity, recently organized a stunning exhibit of Frida Kahlo's work exploring the painter behind the iconic figure by showing us the path that led Kahlo to become the global representative of Mexican art that she is today. Here is the virtual tour of the …
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Silver Linings (49) In Praise of O
O Once there was an opening, an operation: out of which oared the ocean, then oyster and oystercatcher, opal and opal-crowned tanager. From ornateness came the ornate flycatcher and ornate fruit dove. From oil, the oilbird. O is for opus, the Orphean warbler’s octaves, the oratorio of orioles. O for the osprey’s ostentation, the owl …
Silver Linings (48) Mondegreen, Misogynoir, Locavore, Imposter Syndrome, Glass Cliff, Ada
These are a few of the terms and Words That Women Have Coined: "Between the writers who create worlds we love to visit and the activists who coin the words we use to tell our stories, women are the driving force behind a lot of our speech. Except many of us don't even realize it." …
Silver Linings (47) The Himalayas at Sunrise and Mia Wallace
"This is not some foreign country. It is India! The sky cleaned up by the lockdown is presenting this magical view of nature at Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh." -Swami Krishnananda (From EarthSky) According to this very fun personality quiz, the fictional character that most resembles me is: Mia Wallace of Pulp Fiction. Which character are …
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Silver Linings (46) My Short Story in NYR DAILY!
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot: The Colosseum: View from the Farnese Gardens, 1826 The Hawthornes Visit the Colosseum A story by Jenny McPhee The mosquito was dead within seconds of its bite, the victim’s blood smeared across Nathaniel’s fingers; the sting of his slap, the red imprint of his hand on his daughter Una’s thin white arm, worse by far, …
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Silver Linings (45) Sofia Lafuente
While we were living in London (for 12 years!), we met the Donovan-Lafuente family (who happen to make an appearance in my dad's recent New Yorker article "Tabula Rasa") early on. They lived not far from us in Fulham by the Putney Bridge. Our kids were the same age and went to the same local …
Silver Linings (44) Animals!
Apparently, the animals are having a ball, taking back the world. Watch here. (Thanks to Lina) And over in New Jersey, check out Martha's dazzling post about the maternal line of women in our family: "By Hook or By Crook" And yesterday she got a DAZZLING review for her forthcoming book, An Elegant Woman, in …
Silver Linings (43) Andy!
This parody is so brilliant and funny. I laughed so much it felt downright therapeutic. Thanks go to Film Forum for the share. And I recommend you support this historic New York City cinema by watching the incredible classic film Rififi now streaming on the Film Forum website.
Jenny McPhee 
