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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… Läs mer om "The garden of failures

    Testet av musik

    Musiktestet

      Jag har alltid varit en fullständig idiot när det gäller högtalare. Ge mig kontrollen över en och se mig förvandlas från en normal person till en musikalisk show-off inom några sekunder. "Lyssna på det här obskyra 80-tals metalbandet!" Jag skrek medan min stackars dejt ryggade tillbaka. "De kombinerade speed metal med klassiska influenser!" Min dejt nickade artigt medan han planerade... Läs mer om "Musiktestet

      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… Läs mer om "The Cardinal’s Song

        Anteckningar om minnen och surrande bin

        Anteckningar om minnen och surrande bin

          Humlor är utmärkta arbetare som outtröttligt underhåller sina bon samtidigt som de pollinerar växter och blommor. En viktig studie från Queen Mary University of London upptäckte att dessa sociala insekter gör mer än att arbeta hela dagen. De tar sig också tid att leka. Forskarna observerade humlor som deltog i glada jaktlekar och tumlade genom luften i lättsamma slingor. Detta... Läs mer om "Anteckningar om minnen och surrande bin

          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… Läs mer om "The winning ticket

            Historien om sjöstjärnan - kasta sjöstjärnor i havet.

            Historien om sjöstjärnan

              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,”… Läs mer om "Historien om sjöstjärnan

              Familjefrukost med glädje och solsken

              Långsamma söndagsmorgnar

                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… Läs mer om "Långsamma söndagsmorgnar