An open letter, pointedly unsent, urging everyone to minimize the amount of e-mail occupying inboxes, to-do lists, and minds.
Read MoreSubject: Not Sending That Email
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Mushrooming: Level One
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Mushroom hunting is not a fringe discipline in Poland. It is a main event: purposeful, trance-inducing, and worthy of analysis.
Read MoreArticle Two in Magazyn Wino
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A hasty status on my food writing venture, overshadowed by an update on the mental state of one still living out of boxes.
Read MoreOn Letter Case in Logos and Names
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Some reasons for choosing grammatical capitalization format in writing—even when a brand has a non-standard name in its logo.
Read MoreA Jubilant Début
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I’m pleased to announce I’ve been invited to write about food for Poland’s premier wine culture bimonthly, Magazyn Wino.
Read MoreMadness, Indeed
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Part-anecdote, part-offer from the puzzled owner of a mint-condition series of toy monsters inspired by classic literature.
Read MoreScenes from a Renovation
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Oddly quiet photos of a sweeping home improvement project, along with a few words about living through the experience.
Read MoreProject of the Year
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This dispatch is from our temporary quarters just two floors down from the construction site that will re-emerge as our home.
Read MoreMoonlit Morning
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For all my luck and hard work (1/100, handheld!) to get this kind of detail, I still suspect a special moon cycle was at play.
Read MoreReflection
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A city rooftop scene on a rainy day has inspired the first real professional collaboration between mother and son.
Read MoreA Brand for Every Weather
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How do you sell the place that has everything for everyone? Here’s a solution from Toolbox Group for Jantar shopping center.
Read MoreTwilit Totem
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Behind some of my most thrilling photography lies not technical skill or talent, but luck. Two kinds of luck, in fact.
Read MoreGuide to Sushi Ingredients
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Are you ready to start making sushi at home? Not sure how to shop and what to do next? This guide will get you started.
Read MoreThe Humble Sprayer
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Read about the ways a well-deployed cloud of mist can be a useful—and water-saving—improvement to your kitchen workflow.
Read MoreRe: Email
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Whether it’s sent or received, every email one handles requires work and time. How do we lighten the load in these busy times?
Read MoreTranslating Różewicz
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Read about the Różewicz poem fragments in the film by Nałęcki on display as part of the Wróblewski retrospective at MSN.
Read MoreEvenings in Warsaw
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Photos of the remarkable Warsaw sky—part of a nascent series devoted to a view I’ve been admiring for more than ten years.
Read MoreA Poem for My Father
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This year, my birthday gift for dad is a dedicated translation of the lyric Urania by Polish poet Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz.
Read MoreA Poem by Yeats
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Here’s a favorite of mine, which I first discovered on a New York City subway ride in 2003, along with my Polish translation.
Read MoreThe Leica M (Typ 240)
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A unique opportunity to test out an impressive camera has inspired a review probably more contemplative than practical.
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