It is just too bad. The cucumbers in the market are plentiful, small and cheap. San Diego Food Stuff just published her family recipe for Dill Pickles, with the elusive and vital information about how much salt to use, for this is not a vinegar pickle, no sir.¹ But have I got any dill? Well, yes...

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Cy Twombly, titan of modern art, dies at 83.

So, farewell then
Cy Twombly.
Keith’s mum says you were a great artist.
But I just wish
You had married
Twyla Tharp.

I became aware that I had finished this book after I read the last word, me, on the last page, although of course it wasn’t the actual physical last page, for there were three blank pages, blank, that is, except for the publisher’s web address on the actual, physical last page, a result of the print...

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I don’t know why people complain about the quality of science reporting these days. As any fule kno, “combat” is a synonym of "boost".¹ A Science Journalist told me so. I know, lets blame the subs.

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Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time on BBC Radio 4 is unfailingly interesting. Even sub-par episodes are head and shoulders above most other discussion programmes. This week’s episode, on Malthusianism, was no exception, being full of insights into the background and context of Malthus’ famous Essay on ...

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