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My tuna fish revelation
How could something so dreary become so dreamy?
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A few old words worth rescuing
English is a sort of free-for-all in which well-tempered words persist.
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The strawberry of Dave’s dreams
Oregon’s climate is ideal for this fruit – except for the climate in my garden.
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How Mom made fudge by feel
Sometimes it was rock-hard. Other times, it was fudge sauce. But other times ...
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A journey from distrust to teammates
I’d been duped by beggars before. This time, we both had something to offer.
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How to solve the homework problem
Some want to abolish it. Mr. Markiewicz and I have an idea.
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Take me outside the ball game
How newlyweds with dueling team loyalties were united by a ballpark.
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Attack of the purple ‘bean trees’
We’d had wisteria for years before we were struck by this odd attribute.
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Meanwhile in ... Greenland, dog sleds were used to rush ballots to remote polling areas
And in Freetown, Sierra Leone, they are seeing fewer abused chimps in need of help.
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Learning English with a drawl
We were Vietnamese refugees. ‘Mr. Water’ was our texas landlord.
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The payback of follow-through
‘I’ll send you a postcard,’ I said to the phone store clerk.
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Meanwhile on ... Scotland's Isle of Lewis and Harris, Christians are extending a welcoming hand to a new mosque
And in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, the government has allowed more than 200 indigenous Bronze Age artifacts to leave the country for the first time.
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The Niger that I know
US friends worry about safety in Niger; Nigerien friends worry about US school shootings.
Photos of the Week 0625 Photos of the Week
A standing guard soldier gets his sweat wiped off by his chief at the Mamayev Kurgan World War II memorial complex in Volgograd, Russia, on June 21.
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Meanwhile... in Ga-Molepo, South Africa, local entrepreneur Jeffrey Mulaudzi is bringing bike-sharing to students
And in the Pitcairn islands, residents are hoping to see their home named as a dark sky sanctuary, while in Cali, Colombia, collectors of Afro-Caribbean vinyl records have been meeting annually for 26 years.
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Why won’t my animals listen to me?
A horse, a cow, and a steer all share the same attitude toward shelter and warmth.
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Meanwhile... in Khartoum, Sudan, an all-female band named Salute Yal Bannot is making waves
And in Thailand, the government is using new technology to fight an old problem, while in Bethlehem, South Africa, two rescued African lions are turning the page on new chapters.
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The serendipity of distraction
Why is it that certain activities lead us so eagerly astray?
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Meanwhile... in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, a charity searches for homes or useful employment for dogs who find mines
And in Armenia, all children between the ages of 6 and 8 receive compulsory chess lessons, making Armenia the first country in the world to include chess in its national curriculum, while in Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso, African choreographer Aguibou Sanou has been bringing dance to prison.
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A rebuke from a much gentler age
Captain Crosby wore command lightly. He was a ‘people person’ before that term existed.
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Meanwhile... in Mosul, Iraq, Fahd Sabah recently launched Mosul’s new Book Forum cafe
And in Thornbury, Australia, refugees in this suburb of Melbourne are offering cooking classes organized by Free to Feed, a nonprofit started in 2015, while in La Paz, Bolivia, shoeshine boys are being given a leg up.
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An unquiet realization about libraries
A recent visit changes my perception of library behavior and purpose.
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Meanwhile... in Copperbelt, Zambia, tending to a baby chimp led to one of the largest chimpanzee reserves in the world
And in Somalia, a young social activist is offering former child soldiers and other war victims a chance to heal through surfing. Meanwhile, they're hiring in Antarctica.
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Why I’m so grateful to Steve
I’m a can-do guy. But this problem was beyond my ability – or desire – to solve.
