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Living in the North Country, Boundary Effects is a blog by Austin Jantzi. Though a physicist, I write mostly about books, sometimes about music, but generally about whatever I find interesting.
Boundary Effects
Where reflections and media meet
Archive
(un)cultured
Apr 11, 2020
The Fifth Sunday of Lent and Crime and Punishment
Mar 21, 2020
Baking Bread and Liturgy
Feb 24, 2020
Captain America: Civil War and the Grand Inquisitor
Feb 7, 2020
Metroid and the Iliad
Jan 22, 2020
Autumn and the Four Quartets
Nov 15, 2019
Cardi B and Shakespeare
Nov 12, 2019
Paddington and the Idiot
Art
Sep 3, 2019
Blessing, Blasphemy, or Both?
Books
Jan 7, 2024
10 Favorite Books I Read in 2023
Apr 24, 2023
Never Let Me Go, Artificial Intelligence, and Souls
Jan 5, 2023
10 Favorite Books of 2022
Aug 24, 2022
Returning to the Silmarillion
Aug 22, 2022
Returning to Gilead
Feb 21, 2022
Consuming and Banning Books
Jan 26, 2022
Matrix: Julian of Norwich should be more famous
Jan 12, 2022
Théoden, Dune, and Savior Narratives
Dec 12, 2021
10 Favorite Novels I read in 2021
Dec 7, 2021
Is the Wheel of Time show what I wanted?
Nov 8, 2021
Resolving my feud with the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Nov 1, 2021
Everyone is a Wizard: Piranesi, Perception, and Participation
Apr 23, 2021
Why I Love Klara and the Sun
Mar 26, 2021
Learning from Job
Jan 19, 2021
Why I Love Lila
Jan 13, 2021
Why I Love Entangled Life
Dec 29, 2020
10 Favorite Books I Read in 2020
Dec 15, 2020
My Mixed Feelings about Rhythm of War
Dec 3, 2020
Book Covers - Paratextual Activity
Nov 21, 2020
Epigraphs - Paratextual Activity
Oct 10, 2020
My Mixed Feelings about Piranesi
Aug 25, 2020
Theology in the Wheel of Time Revisited
Apr 23, 2020
10 of My Favorite Novels
Jan 24, 2020
Sacred Texts
Jan 17, 2020
What's the Point of Fiction?
Jan 10, 2020
Why I Love H(A)PPY
Jan 7, 2020
Ten Favorite Things of the Decade
Dec 18, 2019
Theology in the Wheel of Time
Dec 12, 2019
Brandon Sanderson's Mind Body Problem
Nov 7, 2019
Over the Garden Wall: A Strange, Spiritual Epic
Nov 1, 2019
Why I Love Notes from Underground
Oct 24, 2019
Why I Love War and Peace
Oct 18, 2019
Once and Future Dystopia
Oct 9, 2019
Don't watch Joker
Sep 30, 2019
Hope of the Silent
Sep 24, 2019
A Novel by Any Other Name?
Sep 18, 2019
Valjean and the Hound
Sep 5, 2019
Looking for Alaska and finding Hope
Aug 28, 2019
Left out Because Internet
Aug 23, 2019
Who IS Sovereign?
Aug 22, 2019
The Last Unicorn: as Magical as the Material
Aug 16, 2019
Emma: Cringy but Charming
Jul 31, 2019
Remember, Remember...
Common Birds
May 2, 2024
Common Birds 76 - Nuthatch
May 1, 2024
Common Birds 75 - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Apr 23, 2024
Common Birds 74 - Chickadee
Apr 19, 2024
Common Birds 73 - Nuthatch
Apr 16, 2024
Common Birds 72 - Song Sparrow
Apr 13, 2024
Common Birds 71 - Eastern Phoebe
Apr 4, 2024
Common Birds 70 - American Robin
Apr 2, 2024
Common Birds 69 - Wood Duck
Mar 19, 2024
Common Birds 68 - Nuthatch
Mar 12, 2024
Common Birds 67 - Northern Cardinal
Mar 4, 2024
Common Birds 66 - Black Capped Chickadee
Feb 24, 2024
Common Birds 65 - Hairy Woodpeckers
Feb 17, 2024
Common Birds 64 - Great Blue Heron
Feb 12, 2024
Common Birds 63 - Bufflehead
Feb 6, 2024
Common Birds 62 - Nuthatch
Feb 1, 2024
Common Birds 61 - Common Goldeneye
Jan 29, 2024
Common Birds 60 - American Crow
Jan 27, 2024
Common Birds 59 - Nuthatch
Jan 23, 2024
Common Birds 58 - Great Blue Heron
Jan 19, 2024
Common Birds 57 - Brown Creeper
Jan 15, 2024
Common Birds 56 - Great Blue Heron
Jan 12, 2024
Common Birds 55 - Common Merganser
Dec 17, 2023
Common Birds 54 - Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Dec 6, 2023
Common Birds 53 - Chickadees II
Dec 4, 2023
Common Birds 52 - Hermit Thrush
Nov 21, 2023
Common Birds 51 - Mallards
Nov 14, 2023
Common Birds 50 - Nuthatch 5
Oct 27, 2023
Common Birds 49 - Chickadee
Oct 12, 2023
Common Birds 48 - Nuthatch 4
Oct 7, 2023
Common Birds 47 - Tufted Titmouse II
Oct 2, 2023
Common Birds 46 - Common Grackle
Sep 18, 2023
Common Birds 45 - Warbling Vireo
Sep 14, 2023
Common Birds 44 - Carolina Wren II
Sep 8, 2023
Common Birds 43 - Cooper's Hawk II
Aug 24, 2023
Common Birds 42 - Red-Tailed Hawk
Aug 18, 2023
Common Birds 41 - Barn Swallow
Aug 9, 2023
Common Birds 39 - Chimney Swift
Aug 2, 2023
Common Birds 38 - Goldfinches
Jun 19, 2023
Common Birds 37 - Cedar Waxwing
Jun 7, 2023
Common Birds 36 - American Robin 4
Jun 5, 2023
Common Birds 35 - Common Yellowthroat
Jun 1, 2023
Common Birds 34 - American Redstart III
May 30, 2023
Common Birds 33 - American Redstart II
May 27, 2023
Common Birds 32 - Red-winged Blackbird II
May 24, 2023
Common Birds 31 - Canada Geese II
May 23, 2023
Common Birds XXX - Carolina Wren
May 21, 2023
Common Birds XXIX - Reintroduction
May 19, 2023
Common Birds XXVIII - Red-Shouldered Hawk
May 17, 2023
Common Birds XXVII - Great Blue Heron III
May 16, 2023
Common Birds XXVI - Gray Catbird
May 14, 2023
Common Birds XXV - Belted Kingfisher
May 14, 2023
Common Birds XXIV - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
May 8, 2023
Common Birds XXIII - Warbling Vireo
May 8, 2023
Common Birds XXII - Nuthatch III
May 4, 2023
Common Birds XXI - American Robin III
Apr 28, 2023
Common Birds XX - Catching my Breath
Apr 19, 2023
Common Birds XIX - American Robin II
Apr 17, 2023
Common Birds XVIII - Wild Turkey
Apr 16, 2023
Common Birds XVII - Great Blue Heron II
Apr 12, 2023
Common Birds XVI - Herring Gull
Apr 12, 2023
Common Birds XV - Nuthatch II
Apr 5, 2023
Common Birds XIV - Wood Duck
Apr 3, 2023
Common Birds XIII - Hooded Merganser
Apr 1, 2023
Common Birds XII - Northern Cardinal
Mar 30, 2023
Common Birds XI - Great Blue Heron
Mar 28, 2023
Common Birds X - White-throated Sparrow
Mar 27, 2023
Common Birds XI - Canada Geese
Mar 23, 2023
Common Birds VIII - Red-winged Blackbird
Mar 22, 2023
Common Birds VII - Nuthatches
Mar 21, 2023
Common Birds VI - Eastern Phoebe
Mar 20, 2023
Common Birds V - Common Goldeneye
Mar 17, 2023
Common Birds IV - Robin
Mar 16, 2023
Common Birds III - Titmice
Mar 15, 2023
Common Birds II - Snow
Mar 14, 2023
Common Birds I
Experiments
Feb 27, 2023
To be a cat in the snow
Jan 11, 2023
Resurrection
Aug 12, 2022
On Frolicking
Mar 22, 2022
War and Peace in Ukraine
Feb 28, 2022
Chasing after Breath
Jan 31, 2022
An Indifferent Chickadee and the Metaverse
Sep 17, 2021
Inside: must we imagine Jeffery Bezos happy?
Mar 27, 2020
Double Vision
HowCouldYouBeSoChartless
Dec 7, 2020
Past Tense: '-ed' vs. '-t'
Jul 23, 2020
Choose to Chuse
Dec 10, 2019
Kyiv or Kiev?
Nov 19, 2019
Is it Tsar or Czar?
Oct 15, 2019
Bistros are Classy, Right?
Oct 3, 2019
The Shew Must Go On
Sep 26, 2019
Noah Webster Hates 'U'
Sep 20, 2019
Hear Ye!
Sep 4, 2019
Anglisizing Лев Николаевич Толстой
Movies
Jan 7, 2020
Ten Favorite Things of the Decade
Oct 9, 2019
Don't watch Joker
Music
Mar 16, 2021
Why I Love 22, a Million
Jul 27, 2020
exile - Innovation and Accessibility
Jan 7, 2020
Ten Favorite Things of the Decade
Oct 28, 2019
Jesus is King: Church in the Wild
Sep 14, 2019
The Meanings of Bon Iver
Jul 28, 2019
A Missed Chance
Nature Writing
Jan 19, 2024
Common Birds 57 - Brown Creeper
Jan 15, 2024
Common Birds 56 - Great Blue Heron
Jan 12, 2024
Common Birds 55 - Common Merganser
Dec 6, 2023
Common Birds 53 - Chickadees II
Dec 4, 2023
Common Birds 52 - Hermit Thrush
Nov 21, 2023
Common Birds 51 - Mallards
Nov 14, 2023
Common Birds 50 - Nuthatch 5
Oct 12, 2023
Common Birds 48 - Nuthatch 4
Oct 7, 2023
Common Birds 47 - Tufted Titmouse II
Oct 2, 2023
Common Birds 46 - Common Grackle
Sep 18, 2023
Common Birds 45 - Warbling Vireo
Sep 14, 2023
Common Birds 44 - Carolina Wren II
Sep 8, 2023
Common Birds 43 - Cooper's Hawk II
Aug 24, 2023
Common Birds 42 - Red-Tailed Hawk
Aug 18, 2023
Common Birds 41 - Barn Swallow
Aug 9, 2023
Common Birds 39 - Chimney Swift
Jun 19, 2023
Common Birds 37 - Cedar Waxwing
Jun 7, 2023
Common Birds 36 - American Robin 4
Jun 5, 2023
Common Birds 35 - Common Yellowthroat
Jun 1, 2023
Common Birds 34 - American Redstart III
May 27, 2023
Common Birds 32 - Red-winged Blackbird II
May 24, 2023
Common Birds 31 - Canada Geese II
May 23, 2023
Common Birds XXX - Carolina Wren
May 21, 2023
Common Birds XXIX - Reintroduction
May 19, 2023
Common Birds XXVIII - Red-Shouldered Hawk
May 17, 2023
Common Birds XXVII - Great Blue Heron III
May 16, 2023
Common Birds XXVI - Gray Catbird
May 14, 2023
Common Birds XXV - Belted Kingfisher
May 14, 2023
Common Birds XXIV - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
May 8, 2023
Common Birds XXIII - Warbling Vireo
May 8, 2023
Common Birds XXII - Nuthatch III
May 4, 2023
Common Birds XXI - American Robin III
Apr 28, 2023
Common Birds XX - Catching my Breath
Apr 19, 2023
Common Birds XIX - American Robin II
Apr 17, 2023
Common Birds XVIII - Wild Turkey
Apr 16, 2023
Common Birds XVII - Great Blue Heron II
Apr 12, 2023
Common Birds XVI - Herring Gull
Apr 12, 2023
Common Birds XV - Nuthatch II
Apr 5, 2023
Common Birds XIV - Wood Duck
Apr 3, 2023
Common Birds XIII - Hooded Merganser
Apr 1, 2023
Common Birds XII - Northern Cardinal
Mar 30, 2023
Common Birds XI - Great Blue Heron
Mar 28, 2023
Common Birds X - White-throated Sparrow
Mar 27, 2023
Common Birds XI - Canada Geese
Mar 23, 2023
Common Birds VIII - Red-winged Blackbird
Mar 22, 2023
Common Birds VII - Nuthatches
Mar 21, 2023
Common Birds VI - Eastern Phoebe
Mar 20, 2023
Common Birds V - Common Goldeneye
Mar 17, 2023
Common Birds IV - Robin
Mar 16, 2023
Common Birds III - Titmice
Mar 15, 2023
Common Birds II - Snow
Mar 14, 2023
Common Birds I
Feb 27, 2023
To be a cat in the snow
Jan 23, 2023
Hollow Knight - wonder is the best way to spend our time
Nov 23, 2022
Turkeys in Boston
Aug 12, 2022
On Frolicking
Feb 28, 2022
Chasing after Breath
Jan 31, 2022
An Indifferent Chickadee and the Metaverse
Odes
Apr 17, 2023
Common Birds XVIII - Wild Turkey
Mar 9, 2023
An Image of God
Dec 17, 2021
An Ode to unseasonal warmth
Dec 16, 2021
An Ode to shoes
Dec 15, 2021
An Ode to golden light
Dec 14, 2021
An Ode to the wind
Dec 13, 2021
An Ode to Advent
Dec 10, 2021
An Ode to an unexpected nuthatch
Dec 9, 2021
An Ode to just sitting
Dec 8, 2021
An Ode to a chickadee
Dec 7, 2021
An Ode to a candle
Dec 6, 2021
An Ode to the market report
Dec 3, 2021
An Ode to jeans
Dec 2, 2021
An Ode to a snowflake
Dec 1, 2021
An Ode to being home
Nov 30, 2021
An Ode to road trips
Nov 24, 2021
An Ode to a bonsai tree
Nov 23, 2021
An Ode to watching snow from inside
Nov 22, 2021
An Ode to baking bread
Nov 19, 2021
An Ode to blankets
Nov 18, 2021
An Ode to a walk
Nov 17, 2021
An Ode to a flicker
Nov 16, 2021
An Ode to rain upon the river
Nov 15, 2021
An Ode to nightfall
Nov 12, 2021
An Ode to the stars
Nov 11, 2021
An Ode to a dead tree
Nov 10, 2021
An Ode to walking
Nov 9, 2021
An Ode to the first snow
Nov 8, 2021
An Ode to light on leaves
Nov 5, 2021
An Ode to squirrels in light rain
Nov 4, 2021
An Ode to lichen on tree trunks
Nov 3, 2021
An Ode to short days
Nov 3, 2021
An Ode to birds: for All Saint's Day
Nov 1, 2021
An Ode to the end of autumn
Oct 29, 2021
An Ode to rainy days
Oct 28, 2021
An Ode a pileated woodpecker
Oct 27, 2021
An Ode to Chipmunks hiding
Oct 26, 2021
An Ode to Coffee going down the wrong pipe
Oct 25, 2021
An Ode to the place where I saw a black backed woodpecker
Oct 22, 2021
An Ode to the sound of falling leaves
Oct 21, 2021
An Ode to Mossless Rocks
Oct 20, 2021
Ode to a Seagull
Oct 19, 2021
An Ode to Geese drinking water
Oct 18, 2021
An Ode to Squirrels treating me like their Supervisor
Oct 17, 2021
An Ode to the Blue at the end of a rainy day
Oct 16, 2021
Ode to a Nuthatch
Paratexual Activity
Dec 3, 2020
Book Covers - Paratextual Activity
Nov 21, 2020
Epigraphs - Paratextual Activity
Politics
Feb 21, 2022
Consuming and Banning Books
Jul 15, 2021
The Legend of Korra and Political Power
Aug 20, 2020
West Wing - What's the Point of the President?
Returning
Aug 24, 2022
Returning to the Silmarillion
Aug 22, 2022
Returning to Gilead
Feb 12, 2022
Returning to Stardew Valley
TV
Dec 7, 2021
Is the Wheel of Time show what I wanted?
May 9, 2020
The Good Place needs Surrealism
Nov 7, 2019
Over the Garden Wall: A Strange, Spiritual Epic
Video Games
Jan 23, 2023
Hollow Knight - wonder is the best way to spend our time
Feb 12, 2022
Returning to Stardew Valley
May 3, 2021
Birding, Perception, and Pokemon Go
May 2, 2020
My Mixed Feelings about Animal Crossing
Mar 11, 2020
My Mixed Feelings about Stardew Valley
Why I Love
Apr 23, 2021
Why I Love Klara and the Sun
Mar 16, 2021
Why I Love 22, a Million
Jan 19, 2021
Why I Love Lila
Jan 13, 2021
Why I Love Entangled Life
Dec 22, 2020
Holy Night
Oct 6, 2020
Why I Love Cuttlefish
Aug 30, 2020
Fifty Days of Marriage
Apr 4, 2020
Why I Love the Argument
Mar 5, 2020
Why I Love Lent
Feb 18, 2020
Why I Love the Scouring of the Shire
Jan 10, 2020
Why I Love H(A)PPY
Nov 21, 2019
Why I Love PBS Idea Channel
Nov 1, 2019
Why I Love Notes from Underground
Oct 24, 2019
Why I Love War and Peace