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 ...

The upside was that my phone has now started to respond to “Hey Siri” again. I can again easily add items to the household ...

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 ...

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 ...

Manuel Moreale writes about his frustrations with using Ko-Fi as a "micropayments" system to support his work: ...

From this point Olivia is now free of the yoke of needing to officially go by one name, and otherwise by her chosen name: she ...

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 ...

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