Links to Enjoy #31

I have just a few links this week.  Maybe you'll enjoy one or two of them.

I do not read, speak, or understand Japanese but I thought these embroideries of the Japanese alphabet by Tomoko Kubo were whimsical and delightful.  I appreciated that the post begins with a tiny lesson about the Japanese alphabet.

This interview with Ken Burns is a little long at about 20 minutes (and is excellent and well worth the time, in my opinion) but I share it because he is a collector of quilts and during the first few minutes of this video you can see several quilts hanging in his home.

In honor of America's 250th anniversary, he has made a new documentary series about The American Revolution which will be broadcast in November, 2025.  He is a story teller at heart who works to present all perspectives of a story. 
There are several quotes that I especially liked.

• "Sometimes we sort of say, 'Oh, you're bad and you're good,' and what we understand from honesty about ourselves, we've got both of those things in us [as did people in the past]."
• "For everything... the opposite thing might also be true."
• "American history is a mirror that holds up to us an incredibly complicated story of us."

I thought these patchwork pieces were really interesting, especially considering that the creator cut and sewed these thousands of circles together by hand.

And this post, Nine Changes You Need to Make to Your Google Security and Privacy Settings, may not be fun but it is informative, especially for a non-tech person like me. 

I hope you have a good weekend!
--Nancy.