The grass-carrying wasp takes its name seriously. If you see your firewood stack growing a bunch of mustaches, here's why you should feel good about your backyard. ...
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The practically unobtainable chocolate Nobel medal
There are only a few things left that you can't buy on the Internet. Currently, the chocolate Nobel medal is one of them. ...
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Pre-soaking pasta saves energy, water, and time
I never boil any kind of Italian dry pasta for more than about three minutes. Allow me to explain. ...
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A case study in sustainable packaging: Why can’t all soap be packaged like this?
What's stopping commercial packaging from being environmentally benign, like it was a century ago? Not technology, but three unnecessary vices of modern business: unregulated competition, force of habit, and business as usual. ...
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There’s no longer an excuse for plastic utensils
I used to think there was no way to make disposable utensils without making them of plastic. But I was wrong. Like many, I just wasn't thinking hard enough, or hadn't been around enough. ...
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Who is Hilda M?
An unknown Swiss painter, and a discarded painting. Who is Hilda M?
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Should everyone keep a journal?
When the first blogs came about, we were told that blogs are simply journals, and that everyone should keep a journal. ...
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Wildflowers, 25 July 2019
"Let me know what picture she is painting, what poetry she is writing, what ode composing, now."
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Where the Codd stopper lives on
The Codd stopper was invented by Hiram Codd in the 1800s, and although very popular at the time, most people today have never seen one. But this weird throwback still thrives in exactly two places on Earth. ...
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Very level to Ypsilanti
These are not the most eloquent words written by Henry David Thoreau, but their truth remains apparent today. ...
