Category: Urban Life

In the spring of 1925, Jewell Barker, a “frail and unhealthy” teenager, was told by her doctor to try riding a bicycle. Jewell began exercising in a pair of white knickers on the town and country roads in Cedar Grove, Louisiana. At first, the neighborhood looked on astonished, but soon great curiosity gave way to…

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Renowned for his powerful wildlife murals that celebrate the beauty and urgency of endangered species, Sonny Sundancer takes an exciting leap into the world of abstraction with his latest works for Concrete & Colour. Moving beyond his signature animal depictions, Sonny Sundancer explores the emotional depth and energy found within abstract forms, marking a bold evolution in his…

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The Vacation Capsule You Didn’t Know You Needed When it comes to travel style, the age of stuffing our suitcases with impractical fashion is over. As it continues to celebrate its more than a decade of Australian style, Petal & Pup’s latest drop, Paradise Found—a breezy, Bali-shot collection that nails the holy grail of modern…

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It wobbles, it jiggles, it’s straight out of the beginning of the middle of the last century. It’s wonderful. It’s tuna mousse. Wrong, somehow. But wonderful. And inhalable. I revive the recipe every year when heat threatens and I won’t cook indoors. We are in for a possibly unprecedented week. We  – the Frenchman and…

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890: Mike Bollinger on Seed Savers Exchange. Celebrating 50 Years of Seed Saving. In This Podcast: Greg interviews Mike Bollinger, the Executive Director of Seed Savers Exchange, discussing his journey and work there. Mike shares his path from running a certified organic vegetable farm, to being involved with Seed Savers Exchange in various capacities since…

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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes If you’re into bushcraft, survival, or primitive fire-marking, you’ve probably heard of char cloth. If not, you should know it’s one of the best materials for catching a spark and starting a fire. It’s made by heating cotton in a low-oxygen environment until it carbonizes. The result is a blackened…

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The Oakland Athletics are considering building a new stadium in Oakland. Where it will go depends on how it is financed and how folks will get to the stadium. Let’s look at access. Sporting events are big events that draw people from an entire region. That means a new A’s stadium needs to provide access…

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It’s every vegetable gardener’s dream to grow deliciously plump tomatoes.  More than three years ago, I embarked on my tomato quest.  As I realized later on, it’s not as easy as it looked on that online tutorial. My first few attempts were a miserable failure. Over the next several months, I honed my gardening skills until…

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img { border: 2px solid #FFFFFF; } Tl;dr A preprint is a research manuscript before formal peer review and publication. Pretty much all of the mos important editing companies / journals allow preprints. Sharing preprints helps promoting open science and increases your research visibility and impact. What is a preprint? A preprint is simply your…

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June 17, 2025 — Years ago, when purchasing a flat of pansies at a garden center, Chris Wilson noticed a label indicating the flowers had been treated with insecticides. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘But bees can’t read labels,’” said Wilson, interim chair of the UF/IFAS soil, water and ecosystem sciences department. That thought inspired…

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