Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
Departure of a Dignitary from Middelburg, by Adriaen van de Venne, 1615. Rijksmuseum, D. Franken bequest, Le Vésinet.
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In June 2021 the city of San Antonio inaugurated its North American Friendship Garden, a rest stop for migrating monarch butterflies featuring native wildflowers, shrubs, and trees. The garden’s aim is “the friendship and goodwill of three countries working toward common goals,” one city official said. “As a migratory insect, the monarch is a representation of migration.”
The first thing that a new migrant sends to his family back home isn’t money; it’s a story.
—Suketu Mehta, 2019Lapham’s
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