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This month–according to my favorite x-cto knife wielding calendar maker, Nikki McClure–will be ASTOUNDING. So far, she has been right. All this rain has made everything seem possible again. I’m looking at new projects with a new hopefulness and light. Garden beds are fertile-seeming. And most astounding, is my mulberry tree, after being burnt down…
The pandemic years have been fruitful times for public spaces in cities across Finland. People have spent more time enjoying their local parks, cities have allowed large new terraces on city squares, and more on-street parking has been allocated for people-friendly use than ever before. Another enjoyable development was to see a small beer garden…
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, Loro Piana is celebrating 100 years of history and tradition with the release of Master of Fibres, a book by Nicolás Forques that tells the remarkable story of a visionary family of entrepreneurs. It is a story of excellence, craftsmanship, and a passion for the unparalleled that has been…
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A crowd of people at Chinatown Gate plaza moves around a small, red house made of fabric. There are videos projected onto the walls of the house. (2021 Sean Foulkes) In Boston, a freeway runs through Chinatown. Actually two do: I-90, the barreling East – West interstate that stretches from Boston in Massachusetts to Seattle in…
Yes I did, and almost a month early! It’s a pretty good one, too. There are two reasons for the advanced harvest. One is that we’ve had a fairly mild March so far. Temperatures have gone above zero Celsius a number of times, for longer periods of time. As a result, plants kept under the…
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845: Keri Evjy on Her Regenerative Journey. Designs for Ecological Change. In This Podcast: Greg interviews Keri Evji, founder of Healing Roots Design LLC, a regenerative landscaping company in Asheville, North Carolina. Keri shares her journey of integrating nature’s principles into her life and business, emphasizing a holistic approach to social and ecological change. She…
Spain’s celebrated art form has a rich tradition here in Barcelona, with dozens of tablaos where you can catch a passionate performance. We’re here to preview the best of them… While the art of flamenco originated in southern Spain, primarily in Andalusia – where the fiery dance, soulful music, and expressive singing evolved from a…
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Estimated reading time: 17 minutes Hydrogen peroxide is one of the most useful substances ever discovered. Chemically, it’s made up of hydrogen and oxygen (H₂O₂), giving it powerful oxidizing abilities that make it highly effective at killing bacteria, fungi, and viruses. This versatile substance is often found in first aid kits, but its uses extend…
San Francisco’s Downtown Rail Extension (DTX) route has been decided. The San Francisco Planning Department selected the “Pennsylvania” option as the preferred alignment to bring Caltrain and high-speed rail to the Transbay Transit Center. A vision of Caltrain stops in San Francisco once DTX opens. Blue shows walk distance up to 1/3 mile and orange…
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Diana Robinson, Flickr, Licensed by Creative Commons. Contemplating tulips conjures images of Dutch windmills, wooden shoes, and blue Delft pottery, which makes sense because the Netherlands produces 90 percent of the world’s tulips–4.3 billion tulip bulbs annually on about 27,182 acres of tulip farms. You don’t need to go to Holland to tiptoe through the…
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