• Listening to: "Rose, liz, printemps, verdure" by Machaut. Yes, music history favorite Guillaume de Machaut. What can I say? Medieval music rocks. ahhahaha. (listen)

• Reading: Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay. From Publisher's Weekly--- "Journalist Finlay's first book is a blend of travelogue and historical exploration about the myriad ways color takes on meaning for us, whether as a matter of aesthetics, economics, war or culture."