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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… Leia mais "The garden of failures

    O teste de música

    O teste de música

      Sempre fui um completo idiota em relação a alto-falantes de áudio. Se você me der o controle de um deles, verá que eu me transformo de uma pessoa normal em um exibicionista musical em segundos. "Ouça essa obscura banda de metal dos anos 80!" eu gritava enquanto meu pobre acompanhante se contorcia. "Eles combinam speed metal com influências clássicas!" Meu par acenava educadamente com a cabeça enquanto planejava... Leia mais "O teste de música

      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… Leia mais "The Cardinal’s Song

        Notes of memories and buzzing bees

        Notes of memories and buzzing bees

          Bumblebees are excellent workers, tirelessly maintaining their nests while pollinating plants and flowers. A significant study from Queen Mary University of London discovered that these social insects do more than work all day. They also take time to play. Researchers observed bumblebees engaging in joyful chase games, tumbling through the air in lighthearted loops. This… Leia mais "Notes of memories and buzzing bees

          O bilhete premiado para qualquer lugar do mundo

          O bilhete premiado

            Tom e Bill foram vizinhos a vida inteira, cuidando de suas fazendas nos arredores de sua pequena cidade. Todos os sábados, eles caminhavam juntos até a cidade para pegar mantimentos e conversar sobre os eventos da semana no pub local. Esse sábado em particular começou como qualquer outro. Tom e Bill se encontraram no... Leia mais "O bilhete premiado

            The starfish story - Throwing starfish into the sea.

            The starfish story

              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,”… Leia mais "The starfish story

              lemonade tree joy

              If this isn’t nice, what is?

                In the summer of 1998, while the world watched the Clinton scandal unfold and Google took its first steps in a garage, a group of college graduates sat in the Texas heat listening to Kurt Vonnegut. Most of what he said that day has been forgotten, but one story about his Uncle Alex and a… Leia mais "If this isn’t nice, what is?

                Café da manhã em família com alegria e luz do sol

                Manhãs lentas de domingo

                  Você pode pensar que voos de primeira classe e hotéis cinco estrelas são os prazeres mais requintados, mas os verdadeiros luxos da vida são as lentas manhãs de domingo em um lar repleto de amor. Um tipo especial de mágica acontece nas manhãs de domingo, quando o dia se estende diante de mim, vazio de planos e repleto de possibilidades. É um momento... Leia mais "Manhãs lentas de domingo