Your Reckoning. And Mine. As stories about abuse, assault, and complicity come flooding out, how do we think about the culprits in our lives? Including, sometimes, ourselves.
The True Story Behind Plymouth Rock.
They were once Olympic rivals- one the captain of the U.S. women's hockey team, the other the captain of Canada's women's hockey team. But now Julie Chu and Caroline Ouellette are celebrating the birth of their daughter, and they're melting hockey fans' hearts. (via Metafilter)
The Savvy Marketing That Put Marshmallows on Your Sweet Potato Casserole.
America Rediscovers Its Love of the Front Porch.
12 Pieces of 100-Year-Old Advice for Dealing With Your In-Laws. Some of those tips will make you cringe.
The Silver Trail: How An Italian Immigrant Made His Mark on Southwestern Jewelry.
The Long Ethical Arc of Displaying Human Remains. (via Metafilter)
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Grew up in Buffalo with a neighborhood full of front porches. The old people would sit on them watching us kids running up and the street playing. Took a long time, but several years ago I finally added a front porch to my house. Coffee and the paper in the morning, a beer at the end of the - just chilling and watching the world go by. Wouldn't have it any other way.
One of the reasons I got the house I have is the big semi-wraparound porch. In the summer, we have a "living room" of furniture and plants set up out there, to eat out occasionally and encourage the neighbors to sit a spell.
People sitting on the front porch watching was the reason it was safe for the kids to run up and down the street. Unsupervised but never unguarded.
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