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In a pickle....
When I was a kid, gift shops (of the kind that sold pot pourri and unicorn figurines) also had a quirky thing: PICKLED PEOPLE. I’ve no idea where this…
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In a crooked manner
A recent news story was of the tragic destruction of the “Crooked House” pub. The building had apparently started subsiding in the nineteenth century…
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Nature reclaiming its own
In the mid-1920s, Henry Ford was granted a piece of land the size of Connecticut from the government of Brazil. On this land, the Ford company would…
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Sending out an SOS to the world
One of the discussion topics this week on twitter was this article from the Guardian, about mental health among authors and publishers. One author…
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Lost in a crowd
Readers, it's been a few days. I've been busy, had job interviews, and was watching the tennis (I love watching the major tennis events: when I was a…
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To be seen to be done
The other day I was walking in Visby, on the small Swedish island of Gotland. Driving past were cars that came on the ferry: their owners bringing their…
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Teenage wasteland
Teenage girls are often associated with paranormal phenomena. One idea goes that the hormones, the electricity, of being an adolescent girl causes or…
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Smoke gets in your eyes
This week has seen smoke from wildfires in Canada filling the air for thousands of miles. On the East Coast, residents are breathing the particles of…
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Swizzle, swizzle
This week I was mixing cocktails, and faced with the usual choice of just dropping the lime slice into the glass, or elegantly spearing it on a cocktail…
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Notes from the Field
Notes from the Field
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