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Revealed: Unseen Photos of Churchill, Astaire, Garbo and Others
It all started with some boxes that had not been opened for 80 years.
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Too Much Stuff
My mother survived to the age of ninety-three, so she had time to develop a number of habits that people now consider to be symptomatic of dementia. Hoarding, for example. She lived in Santa Barbara, in an apartment with a perfectly adequate kitchen, but in order to store her dishes she had to buy a freestanding cabinet and install it in the dining room. She needed her kitchen cupboards for other purposes...
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20+ Things You Can Get Rid of Without Even Missing
One of the best ways to dip your toes in the waters of a minimalist lifestyle is to first purge the obvious excess.
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Life in the Sickest Town in America
I drove from one of the healthiest counties in the country to the least-healthy, both in the same state. Here’s what I learned about work, well-being, and happiness. Donald Rose has no teeth, but that’s not his biggest problem. A camouflage hat droops over his ancient, wire-framed glasses. He’s only 43, but he looks much older.
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The woman who swapped home for a hut near Chechnya
For much of her life, Devi Asmadiredja was a housewife in Germany - but then her husband told her to pack her bags and leave the country.
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The Pro Dumpster Diver Who's Making Thousands Off America's Biggest Retailers
Matt Malone doesn’t mind being called a professional dumpster diver. He tells me this a little after 2 am on the morning of July 7 as we cruise the trash receptacles behind the stores of a shopping center just off the Capital of Texas Highway in Austin. Given the image that conjures, though, it’s worth pointing out that Malone has a pretty good day job, earning a six-figure salary as a security specialist for Slait Consulting. He is also founder of...
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Friday 13th: The accidental superstition?
There are three Friday the Thirteenths this year, and if that worries us, we might have to blame a group who were the sworn enemies of all superstition.
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Sew Wanderlust: This Designer Embroiders Her Travels On-Site Instead Of Taking Pictures
Take a trip around the world with a designer who embroiders her travels on-site instead of taking pictures.
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The Book Thieves of London
Bookseller Steerforth recalls his battles with the bibliokepts - both oddball amateurs and professional book thieves...
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Does this beach paradise hold the secret to long life?
In Nicoya, Costa Rica, people live longer, healthier lives. What's their secret?
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Former Janitor Who Lived Modestly Leaves $6 Million to Library, Hospital
A Vermont man who sometimes held his coat together with safety pins and had a long-time habit of foraging for firewood also had a knack for picking stocks — a talent that became public after his death when he bequeathed $6 million to his local library and hospital.
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The Land of Trout and Gauchos
In the remote valley of the Cisnes there is no phone signal and no wi-fi. Even people are few and far between. But there is one thing that draws in tourists - the trout, as Tom Fort found on a fly-fishing trip to Patagonia.
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Making Cheese In The Land Of The Bible: Add Myrrh And A Leap Of Faith
Spring in the West Bank means Bedouin herders' ewes and nanny goats are full of milk — and cheese making abounds. The traditional method relies on a few simple ingredients and a long cultural memory.
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Beer? No thanks — I’ll just take the tinnie
Think the brew at your local pub is pricey? These tinnies top that up — by a lot. Welcome to the world of beer can collecting.
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As Boomers shed their stuff, their offspring reject it
A seismic shift of stuff is underway in homes all over America. Members of the generation that once embraced sex, drugs and rock-and-roll are trying to offload their place settings for 12, family photo albums and leather sectionals. Their offspring don’t want them. As baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, start cleaning out attics and basements, many are discovering that millennials, born between 1980 and 2000...
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Can Canada teach the rest of us to be nicer?
The world, I think, would be a better place if we were all a bit more Canadian. Canadian niceness is pure, and untainted by the passive-aggressive undertones found in American niceness (have a good day, or else!). It’s also abundant. Canada is to niceness as Saudi Arabia is to oil. It’s awash in the stuff, and it’s about time, I say, the rest of the world imported some.
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The Man Who's Always on the Bus
Ahmed is a failed asylum seeker. And night buses are his home.
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Howling at the moon, and at scientific myths
Myths and legends, such as those about the full moon, are an important part of culture. But when direct scientific evidence proves the contrary, we have to make a choice between what we believe in and what evidence tells us is the truth.
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Meet the Tiny House Builders: Rainier Yurts
Tiny homes are a big trend. They are an idea that is more popular with minimalists than with neighborhood associations and zoning boards.
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Got a Nice Refund Coming From the IRS? 10 Wines to Celebrate With
These aren't necessarily the most expensive wines in their categories, just some definitely costly ones that are worth the money if you have it to throw around.
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