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It’s simple, free and easy to include more people with your writing. It doesn’t matter if we’re dyspraxic, autistic or distracted, we all benefit. Let’s start with one of the most powerful changes you can make: simple writing. In this newsletter we’ll cover: what simple writing is,  why we should use it, and how to use it. Simple writing… ncG1vNJzZmiemZy1tbXNoKuapJtjwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89oaGarmaK9rbGMsKmirJmjtG610maZnqykmr9uw9Giq6Kmlw%3D%3D

An American Cook in Tuscany. Becoming more Italian, one recipe at a time. Pull up a chair and join me at my Kitchen Table, the heart of the home. By judy witts francini · Over 6,000 subscribersNo thanks“Judy is my go-to for anything Tuscan!” “Judy's tales and recipes, an insider look at Tuscan food traditions” “Enticing recipes from a veteran Tuscan cook” ncG1vNJzZmicmau2r63CrpqippFjwLau0q2YnKNemLyuew%3D%3D

Welcome to Simpsons Saturday here on The Press Break, where every Saturday until the start of the college football — and possibly beyond — we revisit a sports-themed episode of the classic animated comedy. The most fondly remembered baseball-themed episode in The Simpsons 35 (and counting)-season is Season 3’s “Homer at the Bat” — and with good reason. “Homer at the Bat” weaves its Major League Baseball star cameos into hilarious subplots, turning what could have been a neat but ultimately forgettable gimmick into some of the most enduring gags in Simpsons history.

This poem is one of my favorites. Like many of e.e. cummings’ poems, it seems at first a little opaque. What is going on with the sentences? We have fallen right into the middle of something. And why are there things that look like “mistakes” all over the place here? Did the typesetter mess up? Is the poet ignorant of “correct English”? I think I love it because it makes me learn to read, and that teaches me to write, and I learn to do both here by letting go of the guideropes—my certainty about “how language works”, what is “correct” or “possible” in English and in poetry, “standard” punctuation and grammar, my familiarity with “what poems are”—and by falling into what’s actually on the page.

since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. Don’t cry – the best gesture of my brain is less than your eyelids’ flutter which says we are for each other; then laugh, leaning back in my arms

It was announced earlier this month that frontline staff at Youth Pride, Inc. (YPI), a Providence-based non-profit that provides direct service, support, advocacy, and education to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ youth and young adults, had voted overwhelmingly to join SEIU 1199NE, but following that announcement, say workers, management “has decided to take active, aggressive measures to either discredit, disincentivize, or coerce people from working together to form an organization which they have the right to do under United States law.

This project is pretty simple. As a complement to each race weekend, I’ll be cooking the national dish of that race’s host country and sharing information about the process and that dish’s history along the way in an effort to grow more deeply immersed in the local culture from my own home. Thanks for reading Grand Prix Gastronomy! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. According to International Cuisine, Singapore’s national dish is a little something called Hainanese chicken rice.

🚨🎉 I’m WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT I’M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. I’M PLANNING TO SHARE IT WITH ALL OF YOU DURING THE NEXT ITERATION OF AMERICAN INEQUALITY (EVERY 3 WEEKS) SO KEEP A LOOK OUT IN EARLY AUGUST FOR THE LAUNCH. AND MAKE SURE TO ADD YOUR EMAIL BELOW IF YOU’RE NOT FOLLOWING ALONG ALREADY. 🚨🎉 The US has the highest share of single parent households of any country in the world.

We have a couple of other sailboats that she will not go near (“what if it flips over?”), but she feels comfortable in the Potter 19. We occasionally sail with friends, but generally it is just the two of us, or me and Sadie (our Lab/Golden mix). I end up sailing alone sometimes because I enjoy sailing in high winds and rough water, and most of our friends are not sailors and do not have the same appreciation for such things.