Daily Archives: December 4, 2019
Sunset 12/4/19
Posted on December 4, 2019 5 Comments
The first sunset we’ve had this month — every other day has been overcast. This one was cloudy, too, but the sun got through anyway. As you can see.
The Case of the Felonious Bread
Posted on December 4, 2019 81 Comments
A few months ago, Seamus Blackley (who you might know as an engaging Twitter presence, oh and also the father of the XBox gaming console) started making bread using 4,500-year-old yeast scraped from ancient Egyptian pottery, and prepared as closely as possible to how it was made back in the old days (here’s a write-up […]
Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2019, Day Three: Arts, Crafts, Music and More
Posted on December 4, 2019 70 Comments
The Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2019 continues, and today we move away from books and focus on other gifts and crafts — which you can take to mean just about any other sort of thing a creative person might make: Music, art, knitting, jewelry, artisan foodstuffs and so on. These can be great, unique gifts for special folks […]
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