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The premise of Oscar’s Pleasure is in the name, both the things or experiences that bring me pleasure, and in […]

“Ask better questions” is an aphorism that I’m happy to buy into, and it’s one I’ve been thinking about in

For coins with so small a value, pennies feature in an outsized number of idioms. The hardworking penny gets pressed

In a book I read so long ago that I’ve forgotten what it was, there was a reference to a

I’ll soon reach the two-year anniversary of me almost entirely removing coffee from my life, as well as chopping the

The first glimmers of green that signal successful germination is a little bit of magic that never fails to delight

The caller was well-spoken, lucid and confident, although pitching a deal that was not linked to my business. I could

My friend, Piet Viljoen, publishes an email newsletter every Thursday. Reading it is one of the highlights of my week

Before humans could write, we used other ways to record or remember things. Lynne Kelly’s book, The Knowledge Gene, details

Julie & Julia is a lovely movie that tells the story of Julie Powell’s year of cooking all 524 recipes