The Best Ways to Hide Garbage Bins and Other Ugly Outdoor FeaturesIf you've put any effort into making your yard and outdoor space beautiful—or at the very least, livable—you have probably encountered certain features or fixtures that stick out like sore thumbs, threatening to ruin your carefully curated aesthetic.
I Read a Home Repair Manual From 1925 and Learned 4 Great TipsWhile there might be a few big changes, there are also plenty of instances in which old instructions hold up to present-day scrutiny.
The Universal Foundations for a Good LifeI’ve been thinking a lot about foundations lately. So much of modern life relies on specialization. You become an accountant, programmer or doctor. You choose to ski, paint or play basketball for fun. You’re a fan of Jane Austin, Frank Herbert or Stephen King.
If you care about someone, show them – and put away your phoneYears ago I was sitting in a cafe before work when an exhausted-looking man and his toddler son came in. A “One cappuccino and one babyccino please” later, they sat at the table next to mine.
The Revolutionary Power of Grieving in PublicEveryone is grieving. We may not always know what someone is grieving, or at what stage of the grieving process they are in, but they are grieving, and so are we. We are all grieving—something.
Calls for Biden to Step Aside Are About to Get DeafeningThis article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. For Democrats who tuned into Thursday night’s debate looking to calm their worries about President Joe Biden’s age and acuity, they came away with zero remedy.
The Logitech Keys-To-Go 2 Is a Total RedesignThe more accessories I add to my tablets, the more I feel like I’m missing the point.
5 Work Habits That Are Secretly Depression In DisguiseWe all go through ups and downs at work, but if hard days are becoming your new normal, you might be experiencing what 280 million people go through worldwide: depression.
Amazingly resilient, humorous and optimistic. Dear fellow Brits, I am talking about youFifteen years ago I moved to France with my husband and a burgeoning baby bump, lured by low property prices and the chance to quit our jobs as teachers. That was in 2009, when Facebook was still a novelty, twittering was just for birds and I wasn’t sure if we’d need wifi at our new home.
A Self-Aware Teen SoapThis is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.
Sometimes Smut Is Too GoodIt was the chemistry between a bisexual Ph.D. candidate and a lovesick security guard that convinced Christina her own six-year relationship was over. Things weren’t working out for a long time, but she was struggling to figure out why.
Dementia Experts Reveal 7 Rules You Should Follow To Keep Your Mind SharpMore than 55 million people across the globe have dementia, which describes a cluster of symptoms ― such as memory loss, overall cognitive impairment and psychological changes ― as well as specific conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, according to the World Health Organization.
Who can we blame for Joe Biden’s gamble? Angry Democrats are starting to point the fingerIn the wake of Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in the US presidential debate last week, the national tone shifted from shock and horror to fury. Biden himself, pityingly regarded, was spared the worst of the criticism.
Ottawa’s Response to the Trucker Protest Was Doomed from the StartThe story of how Ottawa failed to deal effectively with the three-week “Freedom Convoy” protest in January 2022 is a particularly Canadian story.
Keep Mosquitoes Away with These Tried-and-True RepellentsMosquitoes are masters of speed and subtlety. Rarely do we catch one on our skin mid-bite. And when we do, the damage is often already done: the blood has been sucked, the itch-inducing saliva has been secreted, and, in some cases, a disease has already been transmitted.