One of the casualties of Hurricane Fiona, in 2022, was a plum tree that Catherine and her father planted many years ago. The tree had been a prolific producer of plums for years— I made a tasty ...

We’re in a six week cycle of strength conditioning at Kinetic, and today’s workout was a build to a single “ RPE 10” deadlift (“lift as much as you can while maintaining technique”). I lifted 245 ...

After taking some time to think about it, my answer was “the power to not care what other people think.” “I can give you that power right now,” he replied. And so now I have it. Lines and paragraphs ...

Manuel Moreale writes about his frustrations with using Ko-Fi as a "micropayments" system to support his work: It honestly sucks that in 2024 there’s not a good way to support creators with small ...

Until this weekend anchovies were a mythical beast, never encountered, but often referred to in popular culture, frequently preceded by “hold the…”, and certainly something I’d avoid if offered. But ...

Until earlier this week, I wasn’t really conscious of how often I use the ability of my iPhone to respond automatically to me saying “Hey Siri.” But then, for some unknown reason, it lost this ability ...

Almost everyone, at some point in their life, washes the dishes. Not many will do it well and even fewer will look forward to ...