December 2020 (i)here begins the almanac
Welcome to the first issue of ben tapeworm’s almanac. Farmer’s almanacs, of course, were compendia of information for farmers, though they often had little to do with actual farming. This 1802 Almanac, for instance, set Thomas Jefferson’s inaugural address amid lunar charts; another printed things as varied as “Recipes for Pickling Beef,” “Medical Uses of Salt,” “The Cocoa-tree of the South-sea Islands,“ and the “Anatomy of Man’s Body as Said to be Governed by the Twelve Constellations.”
My hope is that this newsletter will be similarly wide-ranging and at least somewhat useful (though—I hate to say it—without any animal husbandry tips). Expect a weekly collection of music, archival-oriented websites and articles, memes, films, photos, and whatever else seems worth sharing. Every now and then there may be some longer thoughts from me.
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