Adam
I was traveling last week, and thus missed farmers market, where there were probably some early apples: Lodi at least, and maybe Vista Bella. ¶ I made it to an orchard on Friday. Things looked pretty good there! ¶ Hutchins Farm,...
.jpg)
Adam
Eighteen is something like 180 in internet years. I never imagined when I started this blog in 2008 (an experiment writing about "a year of apples" ) that I'd learn so much, or that I'd still be learning and blogging in 2026. ¶ ...
Adam
Surrounded by the plastic and newsprint that kept it over the winter, this 2025 GoldRush apple proved still good to eat in June of 2026. ¶ As things turned out, my eyes were bigger than my stomach when I squirreled away a score of these apples last fall to eat in...
Adam
" From now on I will no longer be a monogamous apple consumer; instead, I will be in a harem with bedfellows by the name of jazz, yello, pink lady and envy." That was one of several lessons learned by Nicholas Jordan, a Sydney food writer, after a group tasting of 16 apple varieties...
9i7wo2
I went into management because I experienced my own share of terrible managers. I told myself I would break that cycle. I wanted to become the kind of manager I wished I had: someone who protects people, helps them grow, shapes strong teams, and still moves the business forward. And honestly, for...
Adam
SO FAR FROM THE HARVEST (GoldRush (L) and Empire) ¶ The late spring used to be enlivened by imports of (relatively) fresh apples from Chile, New Zealand, and other points south. ¶ Today these apples are swept...
Adam
A friend alerted me to a short broadcast about apples that aired on Boston's WGBH radio last month. ¶ The focus was on New England apples. It's streamable any time and available as a podcast. ¶ The April 27 episode of Under...
Adam
King blossoms on an apple tree at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts, yesterday. ¶ First to come forth, the king blossom heralds the harvest to be. ¶ Blogger Chris, of A Life of Apples, tells us ❝ Every fruiting spur on an apple tree produces a...
Adam
ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς: The buds on the trees at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts earlier today blush like eager debutantes While some in other climes report blossoms, we are in the chill stasis of a Massachusetts April. ¶ The cool temperatures slow the rhythms of spring....
Adam
A bud is opening on an apple tree in Lexington, Massachusetts yesterday. ¶ Some are reporting apple blossoms, but where I live things are still mostly buttoned up, though that is changing. ¶ It's still forsythia and cherries here, though just a few towns farther...
Adam
Tomorrow's apples take shape on a tree at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts earlier today. ¶ Pomological spring is a hopeful time, made dear by uncertainty.
Adam
Whan that April with his showres soot is when (whan?) GoldRush, that king of keepers, is ready to eat. ¶ It's also when I see how the ones I laid down in my refrigerator in December have fared in my home newsprint-and-perforated-plastic-bag storage system.
Adam
Yes that's snow! March 9 at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts. ¶ Temperatures here shot up from the 20s to the 70s (Fahrenheit) in the past week, so I hopped on my bicycle and peddled through the melt to Concord.
Adam
The Cortland apple has an ardent following. In September and October, I like Macs and Macouns, close Cort relations. Photo:McIntosh (L) and Cortland ¶ But lately, in February and now March, I have been...
Adam
Would you like to know an old-time apple recipe for Norfolk Biffin (or other fruit recipes, some from antiquity)? ¶ Perhaps you'd be interested in a deep dive into claims that some apples date from Roman times? ¶ How about...
Adam
Behold: ❝A pineapple fucked a pear and somehow made a baby that looks like an apple. That is the Cox’s Orange Pippin.❞ or this: ❝ Maiden’s Blush: Wet sad sandcastle heralds the death of summer, but at least it smells nice, so stick a wick in it and use it as a...
Adam
Three apples rate a star. Two earn two. ¶ I tasted nine apple varieties for the first time last year. ¶ Alas, may of my examples were clearly past their prime. Consequently, I'm not able to give them the recognition they probably...
Adam
Last fall I was invited to identify some apples growing in a neighbor's yard. ¶ Not to beat around the tree: these proved to be Northern Spy, something that the home owners had suspected. ¶ I'm not actually a great apple...
Adam
Granny blushes, if you let her. ¶ You would not know it from prowling the supermarket, however: She is a late apple usually picked too soon. ¶ Today I will assay one from a local orchard. It was, maybe, allowed to ripen fully,...
Adam
I begin 2026 with a refrigerator full of apples, and a number of half-finished blog posts and ideas from 2025. Several things, including some delightful travel, kept me away from this blog this fall. ¶ Photo: A Bramley's Seedling...
Adam
I've reviewed Sunrise Magic, but want to share a second tasting of some that I found for sale at a fruit stand in Seattle. (And not just because they are worth choosing.) ¶ Most of the nation's Sunrise Magic crop grows in Washington, where it was bred by Washington State University....
Adam
Apple cultivars are, literally, identical clones. Yet they can look very different depending on ripeness, growing conditions, and so forth. ¶ On that score, I have never before seen Ashmeads Kernels like these. ¶ Yet there...
Adam
The apple trees are sleeping at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts.
Adam
The last outdoor market of the year spread its tattered wings under unseasonably warm skies on Wednesday, the day before the American Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. ¶ The market in Davis Square, Somerville, here...
Adam
The penultimate farmers market unfolded in Davis Square earlier today under bright skies. The low November light had most of the market in shadow by mid afternoon.
Afnizar Nur Ghifari, Digital Product Designer
Kalau kamu pernah hidup di era BBM, pasti langsung ngerti begitu lihat Instagram Notes. Rasanya seperti dejà vu. Siapa yang tidak ingat masa keemasan Blackberry Messenger? Statusnya itu lho, sepenggal teks singkat yang entah kenapa bisa menyampaikan banyak hal: lagi di mana, lagi dengerin lagu...
9i7wo2
Couples therapy aims to help people find compromises, establish boundaries between two parties, and create arrangements that convince both individuals they can work together. However, therapy often does not question whether these agreements are actually reasonable, as long as both parties appear...
M Donaldson
There’s nothing here, and it’s like I’ve tumbled into an invisible thicket. I call this blog danger, loosely defined as an inescapable aura of demise in the face of consistency. Can I bring a date to the relaunch? Because that’s what I’m promising—a blog anew, updated and worthy of apprehensive...
M Donaldson
I have nothing that coherent (i.e., reassuring) to say about Songtradr’s acquisition of Bandcamp. There’s an opinion that Songtradr appears to be a better fit for what Bandcamp does than Epic Games. I’m not so sure. Songtradr is interested in exploiting art (‘exploiting’ is used here factually,...
Etna
Let me start by saying that I do not think TSR ever intended D&D to be a score attack game as we know them today. Space Invaders released in 1978, Galaxian in 1979, and Galaga (pictured above) in 1981. These games all featured a gameplay loop focused on getting your score on an electronic...
Etna
The original edition of Dungeons and Dragons launched in 1974, primarily marketed to gamers who were adults of working age, who were already involved in the hobby gaming scene. Of course, they had no idea how far the idea of codified roleplaying games rules would go in the future. The brown box...
Etna
An opportunity surfaced to talk about how our campaign differs from the common notions of old school play, so I figured I'd use it as a springboard to publish some thoughts about our campaign in 2023.A recent PBS Newshour posting by journalist Christopher Thomas had an interesting bit about the...
John Derbyshire
Let's take up the Anti-Anti-White banner
John Derbyshire
What to hope for? What to fear?
John Derbyshire
What to hope for? What to fear?
Adrian Crook
An interesting thing happened last week. Perhaps a milestone in notoriety for this site, or merely a part of its evolution. I’m still deciding which. CTV, one of Canada’s national broadcasters, airs “The Social,” one of those midday panel chat shows. It’s not the biggest outlet to cover 5K1C (this...