I ate breakfast today at the site of this
giant artichoke.

Which reminds me of this Chernobyl book I keep meaning
to blog. It was written by Mary Mycio, and it's called
WORMWOOD FOREST. It's not about the Chernobyl
accident, about which many books have been written.
It's about today's Chernobyl, which is to say, a large,
very peaceful, involuntary park.
She took a lot of pictures. You should look. It's
better than being there.
http://www.chernobyl.in.ua/