Life is good.
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Funny. I read Peter's post today and was so taken with it that I immediately started the process myself, before reading this post and seeing that Ton had inspired Peter.
Like the year, what goes around, comes around.
Getting a teeny bit peeved with apps that require OSX 10.14 and later. Not all of us can afford (or want) to upgrade our machines that often.
I can’t remember exactly when we planted this grapevine, but this is the first year it has borne grapes, and the are exquisite.
I can’t remember exactly when we planted this grapevine, but this is the first year it has borne grapes, and the are exquisite.
pesosThanks to my very smart friend @ruthraymond, I give you the lime Tom Collins
Thanks to my very smart friend @ruthraymond, I give you the lime Tom Collins. She didn’t know how to fix my barely set lime jelly, but she came up with a brilliant way to use it. Cheers. 🍸
pesosAbout to plunge into a rabbit hole I have avoided for ages
I may be some time.
This tiny sprout on the orchid restored with the advice of @orchidwhisperer19 is giving me joy
This tiny sprout on the orchid restored with the advice of @orchidwhisperer19 is giving me joy. I don’t think it is a flower spike, more likely a new shoot.
pesosArgh! @help I accidentally downloaded the latest micro.blog for OSX but cannot use it because I am stuck on 10.13 and I can't find the old version in the Trash. Is there any way to download a previous version compatible with 10.13?
an appeal to people who sell stuff on the internet
Can I get an Amen?
Wouldn't it be nice if Twitter et al. somehow indicated that a link shared by some well-meaning influencer was behind a paywall. It would save me a lot of clicks.
Eat This Newsletter 157 is now online with stories from @SejalSukhadwala @SarahTaber_bww @IrishSeedSavers @UniofExeter and others.
Read it at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/eat-this-newsletter-157-almost-global/ and while you're there, consider subscribing.
Not clear whether plastic raptor spinning in the breeze is purely decorative or also keeps pigeons off the balcony.
Not clear whether plastic raptor spinning in the breeze is purely decorative or also keeps pigeons off the balcony.
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Latest Eat This Newsletter is at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/eat-this-newsletter-155-counterfactual/ with links to good stuff from @serbiaireland, @JaysonLusk, @colin_tudge, @NatureFoodJnl and, most horrifying, https://twitter.com/CeriseFlegal/status/1405939411330629634
As I said in the newsletter: read it and weep.
How I grew, and lost, a rainforest | Small Farm Future
I like the idea of a dappled woodland glade, the product of pig rootling, being neither light nor shade, and an apt metaphor for think beyond simplistic dualities.
Every time I read pieces about banking from people who have experienced banking systems outside the US, I marvel that they put up with it at all. I'm constantly amazed at just how easy things are with the online banks I use in Europe. No wonder I'm not tempted by crypto,
TIL (Possibly crappy) paracord melts at the same temperature as heatshrink tubing shrinks. Nevertheless, thanks to paracord, heatshrink and perseverance, my @rohantime Goas are no longer in danger of falling down thanks to crappy elastic.
Australian journo swaps one set of fibs for another.
"British forests were first subjected to clearing with the Roman conquest of AD 43." Really?
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/like-comparing-apples-with-dried-oranges-will-aust...
A pox on both their houses.
