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Wild swimming in the fading light
Self-care when you're all at sea.
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The bobcat leaping across Highway 1
Three hours of driving to stock up on provisions is not without its consolations. Wending one’s way up the Shoreline Highway, there’s the constant companionship of the stormy, sparkling ocean, and plenty of time for podcast listening (most recently, OPB’s captivating Timber Wars — about the battles to
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How to not kill a plant
Following the untimely demise of our solitary basil plant (RIP Pesto), it dawned on me I was now the only millennial on the planet who didn’t own a houseplant — a fact made all the more unconscionable given my deep-rooted tree-hugging tendencies. And so, in a fit of patriotic fervour
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My Dungeness crab teacher
6.5 hours on a fishing boat earlier this week = 25% exhilaration, 50% boredom and 25% dazed, sun-burnished contentment. There’s something incredibly satisfying about going right to the source and getting the ingredients for dinner yourself. For too many of us, the industrialised food system has put huge distances
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Silver linings cheesesteak
A surprise cross-country trek.
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Waiting for the rains to come
(They can't come soon enough.)
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A new addition to the family
(Please don't tell the landlord.)
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Escape with me to an island (or three)
I made a podcast! As part of my efforts to teach myself how to make audio (a guy’s gotta up-skill!), I’ve created ARCHIPELAGO — a series of island adventures for you to enjoy in your armchair. The first three episodes have dropped and are available wherever you get your
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Um, but how do you cook an artichoke
And other burning questions
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Does my nose look big in this?
Braving this brave new world.
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Love in the time of coronavirus
Welcome to the new normal.
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The stars dancing at the bottom of the sea
Hello from California Amidst rising coronavirus panic, a plunging stock market and an interminable, exhausting American election season, a recent a visit to Monterrey Bay Aquarium proved to be a much-needed tonic. I hung out with the African penguins (we compared notes on immigration, homesickness and Tito’s brave budget)