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The Secret Life of Earwigs: A Garden Encounter Worth Pausing For
Lift a damp stone in any British garden and you may find an earwig. Most people recoil. I think they deserve a second...
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On the Word "Sonder" — and What We Want Words to Do
Sonder — the feeling that every passerby has a life as vivid as your own — went viral. But is it really a word? And...
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Music & Sound
The Persistence of Crescendo: On Music That Builds to Something
A crescendo, properly speaking, is the process of getting louder — not the loud part itself. But something in us...
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Essays & Reflections
On Walking the Same Route Twice — and Seeing It Differently Each Time
I have walked the same two-mile loop hundreds of times. It has never been exactly the same walk twice. A reflection on...
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Curiosities
The Curious History of the Ampersand: A Symbol With a Peculiar Life
The ampersand is one of the oldest symbols in everyday use — and its name is a grammatical accident that most people...
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Nature & the Outdoors
What Lichen Taught Me About Patience (and How We Measure Time)
Lichen grows at a rate measurable in millimetres per decade. Spending time with it changes your sense of what "slow"...
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