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In a continuation of my musing on Christmas food (see also mince pies and marzipan), today I write about the Yule Log. If you’re not familiar, this is a…
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I didn't really want to write about the ’rona. I've written about its possible effects on cities and in tangential ways but not the disease itself. I…
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Self-help books fire out all the time, and are especially popular for people wanting to improve themselves in the new year - meaning there’s usually a…
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Since we are in the midst of spice season, with holiday meals and fancier lattes, this seemed like a good theme for today. Nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon all…
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week I wrote about the D. B. Cooper case for the Washington Post. (I’ve written about another airborne mystery before, that of Amelia Earhart). I’ve…
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It seems like 2021 has lasted about 3 weeks, I’m still behind on so many things I wanted to do - and we’re still waiting for this pandemic to be over…
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I've never been good at seeing rare animals, or even regular animals. Other friends go out and they say they saw some unusual bird or shy little…
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Like many of you, I’m preparing to celebrate a fairly scaled-back Christmas. I’m lucky to be safe, to have avoided the covid (thus far!), and to have…
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Plenty of people are talking about how the pandemic has changed the world of work. If Covid had appeared 20-30 years ago (before Amazon, before Zoom…
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The last few days saw someone’s career destroyed on the basis of a shaky handheld video, posted by one party to a dispute who clearly had an agenda. We…
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I'm reporting to you from the Adriatic - in fact, sitting in a cafe in Split as I write this. Of this part of the world, Winston Churchill once said it…
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I’m on a cruise as you read this - I’m writing the day before I leave and will set this to send a few days later (so you, my kind readers, don’t feel…
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