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Kale in the Home Garden - Growing a Resilient Green from Seed to Harvest
Kale has a way of thriving quietly. It doesn’t demand attention, doesn’t rush its growth, and doesn’t punish small mistakes, qualities that make it one of the most dependable vegetables in a home garden. For beginner gardeners, kale often becomes the first leafy green that truly feels successful.
By The Brown Chair10 days ago in Lifehack
5 Practical Ways Consistency and Vision Create Lasting Success in Business
When you are starting in business your resources are often high, motivation is great, and you are full of big dreams. Anything seems possible in the early days. There are many entrepreneurs who think that just a single great idea will suffice to see them through to success.
By AMRYTT MEDIA10 days ago in Poets
Rewriting the Rules at 41
Alex Mattar is an Indie artist based in Charlotte, North Carolina, quietly proving that reinvention has no expiration date. A self-described bedroom producer with a deep respect for music history, Mattar’s journey into original music didn’t begin in his teens or twenties—it began at 41, driven by curiosity, passion, and the simple question: “How hard could it be to make a song from scratch?” What followed was not just a song, but the start of a deeply personal and disciplined creative evolution.
By mysoundMusic10 days ago in Beat
She's Walking all Over You-Stop It Now!
Recognizing When Someone Is Walking All Over You Clear Signs You're Being Taken Advantage Of Do you constantly feel drained or resentful in your relationship? These feelings often surface when someone is taking advantage of you. When your partner consistently puts their needs first, you're likely experiencing an unhealthy dynamic. Notice how plans change based on their preferences while yours get brushed aside. Maybe you've canceled important events because they suddenly needed something, or you've watched them prioritize their friends, work, or hobbies while expecting you to drop everything for them.
By LaMarion Ziegler10 days ago in Men
The Short Career of a Serial Killer
He was a happy man he really was, Fred had it all. A wonderful wife named Laura and two little girls - Megan and Pam. He was a nine to five man, working at the local cannery. They packed up vegetables and he even got cans to take home. Being a middle size town, the cannery was the center of it all. So each noon the big whistle would blow, announcing that lunchtime had arrived. It happened rather oddly, strangely I might say.
By Rasma Raisters10 days ago in Fiction
The Invisible Grid Build-out
by Futoshi Tachino Why this is under-the-radar progress Everyone talks about how slow it is to build new transmission lines. Less noticed is how much capacity is being freed — right now — on the wires we already have. Three families of “grid-enhancing technologies” (GETs) are scaling fast: (1) advanced reconductoring with modern high-performance conductors that can double capacity within existing rights-of-way; (2) dynamic and ambient-adjusted line ratings (DLR/AAR) that raise safe operating limits based on real weather, not worst-case assumptions; and (3) power-flow control, topology optimization, and other software tools that route power away from bottlenecks to under-used lines. Together, these are connecting more renewables, cutting curtailment and congestion, and buying precious time while big new lines are planned and built [1–3,13–14].
By Futoshi Tachino10 days ago in Earth
Why Being Liked is Overrated and Self-Respect is Everything
For a long time, I thought being liked was the goal. If people were comfortable around me, I felt successful. If no one was upset with me, I felt safe. If I could smooth things over, stay agreeable, and avoid conflict, I believed I was doing something right.
By Stacy Valentine10 days ago in Motivation
Silver Screen Magic with Vivien Leigh
A star of Old Hollywood, Vivien Leigh was a leading lady spanning four decades. The actress was born in British India and began her acting career in both theater and films. Her first breakthrough came in the 1937 film “Fire Over England” with Laurence Olivier, which began their affair and resulted in a 20-year marriage. Over the course of her career Leigh won two Best Actress Academy Awards, one for “Gone with the Wind” and the other for “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
By Rasma Raisters10 days ago in Geeks
The Quilt Maker
The Quilt Maker The woman shifted and shuffled the different cubes of fabric. All of them held different colors, patterns, and shapes. Each one was a different emotion of things. She didn’t know what to put together, but she never really knows. This was part of her process.
By David S. JohnsonWilliams10 days ago in Fiction
Best Artwork by Wassily Kandinsky
Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky pursued a career in art after moving to Munich in 1896. He enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, one of the oldest and most prestigious art schools in Germany. Before the outbreak of WWI, the artist co-founded Der Blaue Reiter with German artists Franz Marc and August Macke. He is known as one of the founding fathers of abstract art.
By Rasma Raisters10 days ago in Art
