Notes for our Subscribers: Stone Walls, Bees, Surf Nazis, Vegemite, Literary Landmarks, a Book, a Song, and the Patron Saint of Disappointing Children

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton

Last week we looked for the remarkable in those narrow townhouse societies of the Upper East Side, and “Marked” a major feast day. This coming week we’ll discover an ancient key and look at what happens at the point of balance. Also, another major feast day beckons.

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Atlas Obscura: Why New England’s Stone Walls Are Unlike Any Others

I have a stone wall …