I’d love to do a new “Better Know a Muscle” post, but that is hard work. Yet a good old standby post, a summary of stuff I’ve coauthored lately that grabs my immediate fancy, is fine. So here is that summary; most recent papers first. 1. Hutchinson, J.R., Pringle, E.V...
Now, in the wake of all this undue excitement going on about the Obama administration’s benevolent “Merkelphone” eavesdropping program, Germany has decided to take the initiative when it comes to etiquette in certain private (or private eye) matters, too. During a two-day summit in Brussels...
This stuff is GOLD and has saved my feet on more than one occasion. I try to bring blister prevention with me whenever I know I’m going to be doing a lot of walking, even if I’m in trusted shoes. Excessive walking is hard enough on my feet, I don’t need blisters adding to ...
And remember, those with more mature readers may want to scroll past the first two titles here and get straight to the meatier stuff. « Read the rest of this entry » 2023 Gift Guide: The Picture Books November 14, 2023 § 1 Comment Welcome to the second installment of this year...
No stuff. I have never been a huge shopper, but I do have a tendency to linger on the J.Crew website long after I should be in bed with my book. I’ve been known to click through links on social media, only to end up with stuff that doesn’t look half as good in real life...
My uncle has a ukulele that I’ve always wanted to learn to play. Maybe I could teach myself from YouTube. I know it sounds boring, but I really would enjoy clearing out the stuff we don’t use from all of the closets in my house. Maybe I could get through some or all of the...
I have given candles, garden stones, and Christmas ornaments that include a message of keeping the memory alive. I also got a great book called Tear Soup for a family who lost their dad to help Mom and children deal with their grief. You have a very thorough list of ideas here. Thanks...
We took up a fund for groceries, did a headcount of who wasn’t going to their supervisors’ houses and immediately hit a snag: “Who’s going to do the turkey?” was the main question, followed by “Well, who helped enough at home to stuff and bake a 20lb turkey without giving ...
I carried very little stuff. My personal possessions totaled a sleeping bag, a change of clothes, a penknife, and some cameras. Living close to the land, I experienced the immediacy that opens up when the buffer of technology is removed. I got colder often, hotter more fre- quently, ...
simply crushing the source material into dust-sized particles, but that is not the case. Commercial manufacturers use various dies to cut out individual pieces in bulk. Even though the pieces can be as small as 50 microns (0.002 inches) in size, each one has been precision-cut in the...