Visits: 36 About 200 carolers had just begun the second verse of the classic Christmas song “The Friendly Beasts” when a little girl let out a squeal of delight. About 20 feet below the balcony, on the floor of the …
TikTok’s Finest Lobsterman
Visits: 44 It was another busy day for the crew of the Rest-Ashoar, a lobster fishing boat that works the waters off the rocky coast of Winter Harbor, Maine. The captain, Jacob Knowles, had gotten up at 3 a.m. on …
For These New York Farmers, Harvest Time Means High Times
Visits: 16 Paul Barbera for The New York Times In the 1930s, the growing of cannabis was all but banned across the United States. Gradual decriminalization in recent years has meant the return of a crop that was once an …
The Deep Roots of Weleda’s Skin Food
Visits: 20 Calendulas look like daisies, smell like marigolds and possess powerful phytochemicals that can mend skin. At a garden in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, Astrid Sprenger’s blond bob and turquoise pendant swung in the sun as she picked the fiery …
Crop Circles Were Made by Supernatural Forces. Named Doug and Dave.
Visits: 29 Intricate patterns carved in fields across England in the 1980s were a viral phenomenon long before the internet fed us such prankster curiosities daily. CONHOLT, England — Standing hip-high in a large wheat field in southern England, one …
Are Exotic Skins Out of Fashion?
Visits: 42 Something was clearly missing from Stockholm Fashion Week’s virtual catwalk on Aug. 25, and it wasn’t just a physical audience. Five days before, the show’s organizers said that fur and exotic skins had been banned from the lineup. …
Their Dream Was a Working Farm (But They Weren’t Farmers)
Visits: 35 Claire Ko and Eugene Kwak didn’t want a woodland cabin or beach house as their weekend getaway from Manhattan. They dreamed of living on a working farm. Never mind that neither had any experience farming. After years of …