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Jay Moschella
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Parent, librarian, public servant, person in Boston
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Spot the turkeys
Three turkeys settling in for the night high up in a tree in the Metropolitan Woods in Roslindale. The fourth—a slowpoke juvenile two trees over—not pictured.
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜

🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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With the Boston International Antiquarian book fair fully in the rear view, here are two early books BPL acquired over the course of that week. We of course added a bunch of other amazing stuff to the collections as well, which I'll detail a bit later . . . 1/7
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Breaking up a long Sunday this past weekend to look at minerals, fossils, taxidermy . . .
Child in a dinosaur sweatshirt, Spidey in hand, greeting a Plateosaurus Child peering in at a huge, iridescent ammolite specimen In awe of the Kronosaurus Child pointing up toward a taxidermied wolf
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Big shout out to the 100+ British Library members out on the picket line today, on strike over pay.
Thanks to @rmtunion.bsky.social general secretary Eddie Dempsey who came along to speak to the strikers in #solidarity.
#BritishLibraryOnStrike #PCSonStrike
October 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Late fall Vermont
Birch trees with fallen leaves on the ground Looking up into beech and birch trees Night sky full of stars with Milky Way faintly visible A green frog hiding in dead leaves at the edge of the pond
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Wild find from among my late grandfather's stuff: what appears to be a ticket to opening night of the run of April 1964 Lenny Bruce shows in Greenwich Village that ultimately led to his arrest, trial, and conviction on obscenity charges.
Pink ticket, no. 0985 "Cafe Au Go Go, 152 Bllecker St., N. Y. C., LENNY BRUCE, Wednesday APril 1st, 1964. Admission $3.75."
September 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Some newly acquired early print at the Boston Public Library: first, an unrecorded edition of Tifi Odasi’s Macaronea printed in Rome ca. 1493-1499. A bawdy verse satire on university humanists in Padua, it's written in a playful mix of Latin and Italian. Purchased from Patrick Olson Rare Books. 1/3
The first page with woodcut illustration and an intro stating the name of the author. BPL Q.406.58. An opening showing the Latin/Italian verse. The final page
September 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Ending Cape vacation in style
A portrait of Edward Gorey over his OGDRED license plate, in his house museum in Yarmouth
September 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Blustery bayside Cape Cod morning
She bride with waves on a beach. Wellfleet Early morning view of the bay. Seagrass in foreground
September 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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A little Cape Cod beach time this week
Child with red bucket wading into water Child rescuing down with both hands into a tidal pool Pointing to some crabs scurrying around in a tidal pool Toddler sprinting down a sandbank away from the camera
August 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Make this fucking happen and make Holly Hunter his partner
Nicolas Cage In Talks For ‘True Detective’ Season 5
Nicolas Cage is in talks to headline the upcoming fifth season of HBO‘s crime anthology series True Detective.
deadline.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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You can check out the Boston Public Library’s unbelievable Special Collections in person at the newly renovated reading room: www.bpl.org/special-coll...

We’re also working to digitize even more of these treasures & make them searchable & accessible from anywhere in the world. @bpl.boston.gov
Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI
The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable.
www.npr.org
August 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
An image from Mayor Wu’s swearing in ceremony on November 16, 2021 in Boston City Hall. Michelle raises her right hand as Judge Myong Joun administers the oath of office; her left hand is on the Aitken Bible held by her husband and two sons. A picture of the Boston Public Library’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible, showing the inside cover and 1st page
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Kiting
Toddler flying a kite, shimmering Boston harbor in the background Silhouette of a child with a kite flying high in the background
August 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Birthday party geode cracking
Toddler looking at crystals Opened geodes with white crystals
August 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Working with the BPL Catholicon today. It’s such an ocean of information—textual and material.
Presentation box with label “Catholicon, 1460” A portion of the word “fastidiat close up Edges of the text block, with leather thumb tabs Colophon
August 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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This morning’s sunrise blanketed with the now more or less permanent wildfire smoke, or a backdrop from Bladerunner 2049?
Orange morning sun over Boston blotted out by Canadian wildfire smoke
August 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Watching agog at Paul Needham's ongoing lecture on **new** physical evidence of printing in the Catholicon. Inspiring. Amazing.
July 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Last day of Basque travels ends in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, a popular starting point for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Clear water, stone walls, and views of the Pyrenees.
A view along the walls leading up to the Citadel Clear mountain water through the middle of town A view out from under the citadel gates The main street before the day's tourists arrive, shuttered buildings with mountains in the distance
July 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Morning hike in Basque foothills
Flowering hedge in front of clouds Sun breaking through clouds in front of hills and mountains Horse standing on top of hill against sky Black horse and foal in ferns, seashore off in the distance
July 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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A week in Basque Country
Hedged in garden under clouds, Urrugne, France View of San Sebastián, Spain, along the coast Draped robes from an unattributed 18th-century representation of the immaculate conception Empty street in Bayonne
July 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Interesting things that have come across our desks in the Boston Public Library Rare Books Dept. of late (1/4)

A previously unrecorded half-plate (i.e. LARGE) daguerreotype of the Boston abolitionist Wendell Phillips
A daguerreotype of Wendell Phillips, apparently in his 40s, in a 3/4 portrait, looking at the camera. BPL MS Am.123 The back of the daguerreotype with a handwritten label
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Castle Island
Toddler in an orange hat walking to the edge of a large 19th century fort, ocean in the distance Toddler in an orange hat, standing on a path watching an airliner come in to land
July 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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New dog
A poodle sitting under an orbit, looking to the side
June 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM