Folks up here call it “heart attack snow.” You might have heard the term before, or muttered it yourself halfway through a too-long driveway with a too-small shovel. It’s the kind of snow that’s heavy

The Trees We Chose The first thing to know is this wasn’t inevitable. The emerald ash borer didn’t choose Lincoln Park. We did. Not deliberately—not with malice—but through the usual compound habits of

There’s a little creek that runs behind our apartment. It’s not much to look at, especially in the colder months when the trees are bare and the water runs low, shallow and brown. But it’s a fixture now,

A few months back, a neighbor told me that Duluth always has two false springs. He said it with a kind of worn certainty, like it was something you just come to accept after a couple decades on the hillside.

I’m getting back into worm composting. Not scaling up. Scaling down. A decade ago, I was living in a rental house with no yard and too many roommates. I started worm composting out of necessity. Just a

Spending time near water—whether it’s Lake Superior, an inland lake, or a quiet marsh—means sharing space with ducks. They’re just there, part of the landscape, dipping under the surface, paddling through

I'm excited to announce the creation of Vault 5464, an automated stablecoin & blue chip liquidity pool supply vault on the Arbitrum blockchain. Liquidity pools have come a long way since they first

The announcement of a US sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is a striking shift in economic policy. SWFs are traditionally associated with resource-rich nations managing national surpluses, not with a country

My family and I are about to embark on a small but exciting culinary experiment: making matsoni yogurt at home. After ordering a starter culture online, we’ve been diving into what makes this traditional

I haven't been super active, on Hive or elsewhere. I think the exhaustion from the previous year has been catching up. So, most of the changes in my Hive wallet are coming from the other holdings in the

This past week on the North Shore brought winter’s full range of moods. From soft snowfall to biting Arctic winds and a late-week storm, the weather shaped daily life and underscored the complex dynamics

Got the stuff from the storage unit moved in! This report was published via Actifit app (Android | iOS). Check out the original version here on actifit.io 11/01/2025 10040 Daily Activity, Home Improvement,

Second week of 2025's Saturday Savers Club! Looking forward to reading about how the other participants are doing in the other comments. At the start of the year, I announced my two savings goals as: On

Let me tell you a quick story. Back in 2007, RuneScape—a game millions of us loved—faced a crisis. The in-game economy was crumbling because of rampant gold farming and botting. Entire swaths of the game

Arbitrage Bob is a new tool for anyone interested in crypto trading, especially those curious about arbitrage. If you’ve never heard of arbitrage before, it’s pretty simple: crypto prices often vary slightly

Hey y'all! Didn't get around to doing as much on Hive as previous days. I kept checking in with Crownrend through the day, and was more consistent about checking in with Terracore as a result. It's been

The Hive blockchain is a vibrant ecosystem of tokenized projects, decentralized communities, and creative innovations. Yet, as its user base grows and its economy matures, cracks are beginning to show

I wrote in mid-December about Detangling DeFi with Beancount, a plain-text accounting software that I really love. Unfortunately, Hive, especially Hive Engine, is such a vibrant buzz of transactions that

Hey y'all! I appreciate all the positive feedback on the posts I wrote about exploring Hive yesterday and the day before. Today I consolidated some liquidity pools to buy a new game! Picked up some BXT