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Happy Halloween!

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Miscellaneous
...Halloween greetings from all the denizens of the Root Simple compound, living and dead. (I believe this lovely old photo that I found haunting my hard drive is from the book Haunted Air a collection of old Halloween photos. Halloween used to be homemade–and a lot more scary.)...

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Chairs, are they killing us?

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Design, Thoughtstylings
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...verick architects Madeline Gins and her partner, the late Arakawa (he only used his last name) had the idea that our houses should not be comfortable in the western sense of having lots of couches, chairs and ease of access. Rather, they designed off-kilter floors, awkward doorways and dangerous staircases with the idea that being forced to be more active would give us longer, healthier lives. Gins and Arakawa were being deliberately provocative t...

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How To Make Hoshigaki (Dried Persimmons)

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Food, Food Preservation, How-to
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...process is not complicated. What kind of persimmons to use The persimmons used to make Hoshigaki are astringent varieties such as Hachiya. Ideally, choose fruit that still has part of the stem. There is a workaround later in these instructions if you can’t find persimmons with stems. Use firm fruit, though a few soft spots are ok. Slicing and peeling The first step is to cut the top off, while carefully leaving the stem that they will hang from....

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