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A beautiful orchid and my grandmother

The garden of failures

    When my grandmother died, I inherited her garden journal. Fifty years of meticulous notes about what she planted, what thrived and what failed. The first pages contained carefully recorded temperatures, rainfall amounts and harvest yields. But what struck me most came near the middle of the journal. A whole section titled “Failed Experiments.” Here, her… Les mer "The garden of failures

    The music test

    Musikktesten

      I’ve always been a complete jerk about audio speakers. Hand me control of one and watch me turn from a normal person into a musical show-off within seconds. “Listen to this obscure 80s metal band!” I’d yell while my poor date winced. “They combined speed metal with classical influences!” My date nodded politely while plotting… Les mer "Musikktesten

      A Cardinal on the bird feeder

      The Cardinal’s Song

        The phone rang. Sarah’s hand trembled as she reached for it, guided more by muscle memory than conscious thought. “Hello?” Her voice sounded strange to her own ears. “Hi, Mom. It’s me.” Sarah pressed the phone tighter to her ear as if clarity might come from closer contact. “Who is this?” she asked, a surge… Les mer "The Cardinal’s Song

        Notater om minner og summende bier

        Notater om minner og summende bier

          Humler er utmerkede arbeidere, som utrettelig vedlikeholder reirene sine samtidig som de pollinerer planter og blomster. En viktig studie fra Queen Mary University of London oppdaget at disse sosiale insektene gjør mer enn å jobbe hele dagen. De tar seg også tid til å leke. Forskerne observerte humler som deltok i glade jaktleker, der de tumlet gjennom luften i muntre løkker. Dette... Les mer "Notater om minner og summende bier

          The winning ticket to anywhere in the world

          The winning ticket

            Tom and Bill had been neighbours their whole lives, tending to their farms on the outskirts of their small town. Every Saturday, they walked into town together to pick up supplies and catch up on the week’s events in the local pub. This particular Saturday started like any other. Tom and Bill met at the… Les mer "The winning ticket

            Historien om sjøstjerner - Å kaste sjøstjerner i havet.

            Historien om sjøstjernen

              An old man walked along the beach and noticed a young boy. The boy was picking up starfish stranded by the receding tide and tossing them back into the sea. Intrigued, the old man asked what the boy was doing. “If the starfish are still on the beach when the sun gets high, they’ll die,”… Les mer "Historien om sjøstjernen

              Familiefrokost med glede og solskinn

              Langsomme søndagsmorgener

                You may think first-class flights and five-star hotels are the most exquisite pleasures, but the real luxuries in life are slow Sunday mornings in a home filled with love. A special kind of magic happens on Sunday mornings when the day stretches out before me, empty of plans and brimming with possibilities. It’s a time… Les mer "Langsomme søndagsmorgener