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There’s a simple joy in the snap of leafy greens or the crunch of raw carrots fresh from the store. But keeping those perishables perky once you get them home…
- A Popular Benefit of Houseplants Is a Myth theatlantic.com
Deyan Georgiev / Manu Padilla / Shutterstock / The Atlantic When vine-curious Brooklynites walk into Tula Plants and Design —a small houseplant shop in…
W hen you’re on military exercise, sleep is a luxury. Maybe you can only snatch a few hours each day. So there’s nothing so frustrating as lying in your…
- ‘Learning to live’: why sophrology is the new mindfulness theguardian.com
‘Sophrology uses mental and physical exercises to achieve an alert mind in a relaxed body.’Photograph: Mint Images/Rex/Shutterstock W e have welcomed…
- How To Clean and Wash Raw Denim Jeans heddels.com
How To Clean and Wash Your Raw Denim – Tips, Instructions, Video Mar 28, 2011 | by The first thing many people say at the mention of raw denim is, “Those are…
- This little light salon.com
Once upon a time in the Pixar offices my dad played ball with me, and “Luxo Jr.” was born Spencer Porter 09.04.2017 • 12:30 AM • 0 Comments 0 Comments Sometimes…
In the survey, 50% respondents admitted passing their sewing needs on to their mothers.Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto I t appears needlework is an art…
- Upgrade Me! | Ask Metafilter ask.metafilter.com
Can you suggest some replacements for standard, everyday household items that are far superior in terms of usefulness, luxuriousness and quality?
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Constant stress can increase your cholesterol, suppress your immune system and make your stomach ache. Why not avoid it altogether? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.
- 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job stevepavlina.com
- LiveScience.com - How to Stop Smoking: Simply Don't Plan On It livescience.com
Recent research finds that a snap decision to quit smoking cigarettes is actually two to three times more effective than planning ahead for the big day.
- The Perils of PC Posture - Yahoo! News news.yahoo.com
- Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | We can rebuild you guardian.co.uk
Eighty per cent of us will suffer back pain in our lifetimes [...] Yet for decades sufferers have been given the wrong advice. Instead of lying down and taking it easy, we should be up on our feet.
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- Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Peta Bee investigates whether walking is enough to get you fit guardian.co.uk
It is one of the easiest and least stressful forms of exercise you can do. But is walking really enough to get you fit? Only if you do it right
- Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Is five portions of fruit and vegetables a day enough? guardian.co.uk
While we Brits struggle to meet our fruit and vegetable quota, in Japan they aim for an astonishing 17 portions daily. But who is right? And what counts anyway?
- rootburn: Pressure Connections rootburn.com
I picture myself as having all these pipes running into my head, and each one is a piece of technology that's a pressure connection - something that is feeding me content that needs to be processed, and that puts some pressure on my mental well-being.
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- Apartment Therapy - main page apartmenttherapy.com