Wednesday's postcard, and a browser's guide to The Daily Rhubarb, so far

March 22, 2023

Late March sunset on a thawing scabland marsh

The Daily Rhubard, Selected Posts, Vol. 1

Happy Wednesday.

It has (gently) come to my attention that I’ve posted tens of thousands of words at The Daily Rhubarb in the past six weeks and keeping up can be like trying to drink from a fire hose. One answer is the mothership—the Rhubarb Skies website —where all of The Daily Rhubarb posts are archived chronologically at Follow the Daily Rhubarb.

Perhaps even better is today’s modest attempt to bring a bit more order to the content posted thus far, to make it all the more easier to catch up and/or revisit pieces that flew by too quickly.

I’ll start with some personal favorites, and then move onto the serial features, some memorable efforts from the archives, and finish with some fresh posts with homegrown video. As always, I welcome your feedback and suggestions. —tjc

Bookmarked Favorites

•Praise for Anna King’s “Ghostherd” and other shout-outs. (2/22)

•What would Jesus say to Ron DeSantis? (3/14)

•How to make eye contact with a moose, or a hummingbird (3/07)

•Knocks on Wood, photo feature on woodpeckers and their kin (2/17)

•A look back at some of Hanford’s bravest scientists (2/23)

•In the Realm of her Heart (12/19/22)

•Beautiful Wounds (2/13/22)

•Dear Roberto (7/24/21)

The Provenance series

•An introduction to the Provenance Project (2/5)

•Prologue: A visit with a most remarkable priest (2/7)

•Chapter 1, The Geology of Us (2/12)

•A stardust postscript (2/14)

•Chapter 2, Peter Higgs and the “God Particle” that isn’t (2/19)

•Chapter 3, ‘A Universal Glow,’ the story of how we found the cosmic baby photo (2/26)

•Chapter 4, A quick geologic tour of how Washington took shape (3/5)

•Chapter 5, Some new light on where Earth’s water comes from (3/06)

•Chapter 6, A first encounter with a surreal, exotic rock (3/12)

Recent Photo Galleries

•Living Colors

•Illuminations

•Beautiful Wounds, the Gallery Images

Friday Four-Minute Fiction

(When Murray Met Helen)

•“Restless” Chapter 1

•“Realms” Chapter 2

•“Briskly” Chapter 3

•“Bratwurst” Chapter 4

Video Features

•A short video from the middle of nowhere

•A liquid montage from the Devil’s Toenail

•A minute of wild beach zen

•Washington scablands, Dawn to Dusk