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The Head Butler Furniture (& Curtain) Sale - THE AMAZON LINK — SOLVED: There are now two ways to get to Amazon and create commission for my child’s education. One is old: Click on any TO BUY FROM

The New Yorker: 2011 Desk Diary - A chill wind blew through New York, and suddenly I realized the summer really was over.  Time to move the sweaters from the top shelf of the closet to the dresser.   Time

The Pottery of Frances Palmer -

The Pottery of Frances Palmer - As someone who flunked shop and almost had to repeat the ninth grade, I have extravagant respect for anyone who can make things. Real things. In the physical world. I’m

The Pottery of Frances Palmer - As someone who flunked shop and almost had to repeat the ninth grade, I have extravagant respect for anyone who can make things. Real things. In the physical world. I’m not

The very best laptop stand - You are at home. You have been at home for some time. You are going to be home for who knows how much longer. I work many hours a day. No

Thymes Frasier Fir Candle/ The Diptyque Candle - The Thymes Frasier Fir candle doesn’t quite convince you that there’s a fir tree in the corner, but it proposes the idea. The smell is of “crisp Siberian Fir needles,

Unicorn Pepper Mill - I bet you have a wooden pepper mill. It holds a week’s worth of peppercorns. There’s an adjustable nut on top that lets you adjust the grind, sort of. It

Vapur Anti-Bottles - Crazy weather out there. Unsettling, if you’ve been paying attention. And if you’re Bill McKibben, you might connect some dots.  But it’s almost too hot to think about that where I

Water Bottles - “What is Evian spelled backwards?” asked George Carlin. That used to be a joke. Now, with a drought in the West and our water infrastructure crumbling, it’s an accusation. How do you

Yamaha Micro Component System - Reader Review: "The Yamaha system is the best I've ever heard, and easy for a low-tech person such as myself to install. When my high-tech brother visited and said ‘What's

Your Home Office: Everything you need for the long haul (cell phone stand, desk light, 100 calorie snacks, and more) - I have come to terms with reality: I'm going to be in a closed room in an empty city until I turn off the heat and open the windows...in April.