Monday, May 4, 2009 | by nathan

Weekly Reader – 4 May 2009

Confessions of a TARP Wife
The kept women, the trophy wives who marry Wall Street CEOs, are the last people anyone should be feeling sorry for in these financially troubling times, but this article is fascinating nonetheless.

The 50 States Project
"Each photographer lives in one of the 50 States and during the year long project each photographer will represent the State where they currently live. Every two months each photographer will be sent an assignment by e-mail, they then have two months to produce one image in response. The images must represent both their style and their State."

Bluebird Nestbox
Flickr user lucycat has a fascinating set of photos of the bluebirds who next in her backyard yearly, from the pristine blue eggs to the wormlike, needy little hatchlings.

Gutter Gardens
Lifehacker once again comes to the rescue of space-strapped would-be urban farmers by showing them how to grow plants in gutter piping planters. I’d be tempted to try this if I didn’t already have a full garden on my hands.