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Canva Docs is an intriguing new alternative to Google Docs. Along with text it lets you stick almost anything inside a document — slides, graphics, photos, and videos. Launched yesterday, Dec 7, it’s already more versatile than GDocs, Word and other traditional writing tools, though it has some limitations. You can use it to create visual documents privately or in collaboration with colleagues, and it comes with a surprising capability built in.

With the success of Norway’s elite athletes, there’s been a lot written about the Norwegian approach. I decided to study one of their leading coaches, Olav Aleksander Bu. I found a man with a similar outlook to my own. I recommend you study his methods. Apply them for yourself, and your team. Like Olav Aleksander, I hope you are generous with sharing your understanding. Today, we explore two topics: Capacity

This show is a curious mess. Individual scenes are excellent — this week, I kept writing the words “this scene was affecting” in my notes — and the performances are very good, especially from Naomi Watts and Diane Lane. The production and costume design are top notch. And yet, as a whole, it is shockingly, surprisingly repetitive and needlessly simple. Here’s what happens this week: Babe comes to terms with the fact that her lung cancer is terminal but we barely see any of this thought process at all; it’s almost completely tackled at a remove, and tacked on at the open and the close of the episode, in scenes that were carefully and beautifully done and with which I think the show could have and should have done more.

Bonjour! My sincere apologies for the delay. The hustle and bustle of fashion week, coupled with my imminent move, have monopolized my time as I navigate through piles and hunt for an apartment, leaving little room to write. Nonetheless, before we dive into this week's recap, allow me to remind you, esteemed reader, that this Sunday will feature the premiere of our exclusive monthly subscriber post. This month, I have the pleasure of collaborating with Caroline Weaver to curate a captivating "

Cruising World magazine took a lot of shit lately for having named “All Is Lost” as one of the best sailing movies of all time. To its credit, “Captain Ron” also made the top-ten list. ncG1vNJzZmikn6TApq%2FAp6Wopl6owqO%2F05qapGaTpLpwvI6cmKmskZ67br7Op2Siq12nsqK4jKGcZq%2BRqHqnuM6roJ2Z

This week, our son’s wildest dreams came true. Across the road from our farm, there’s a giant field planted in a sea of corn, and all fall we’ve been waiting to see when the corn would be harvested. We’ve had a stretch of super warm and dry weather this week (aka perfect for harvesting big row crops), and sure enough, we watched one day as a massive combine steamrolled down our sleepy farm road and got to work.

Hello newsletter friends both old and new (and there are a bunch of new folks - welcome!), We’ve got a lot of celebrating to do today, and some delicious Cardamom Pear Coffee Cake to dig into. I’m also thrilled to feature Elyssa Heller, founder of my favorite new Jewish eatery, Edith’s Brooklyn, in this week’s The Four Questions Interview. But before we get to all that, let’s take a quick look at The Jewish Table over the last month.

I was posting on Instagram recently (go follow me) about changes Ive made in my training over the years, and the biggest change has been the incorporation of dedicated cardiovascular training. Throughout my 20s, I did very little in the way of cardio. At most I would go for long walks, or get on the treadmill for 30 minutes and walk at a 4mph pace on a 4% incline. But aside from a brief exploration of running, cardio was not something I did.

The Red Sox fired third base/infield coach Carlos Febles, per The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier. Boston also fired pitching coach Dave Bush on Monday afternoon, in an effort to shake up Alex Cora’s coaching staff. As of now, the Sox have not announced replacements for both Bush and Febles, the team has also not decided on addition changes to Cora’s staff, per MassLive’s Chris Cotillo. Febles has been a member of the Red Sox organization since 2007 and part of the major league coaching staff since Nov.