Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
short article: Winter Larder: The Underground Caches of Moles and Shrews (Northern Woodlands) “Both moles and shrews maintain special underground chambers for storing live prisoners beneath the snow.”
list: 100 Ways to Improve Your Life Without Really Trying (The Guardian). E.g., Don’t be weird about how to stack the dishwasher; Be polite to rude strangers – it’s oddly thrilling; Always book a day off after a holiday; Send postcards from your holidays. Send them even if you’re not on holiday; and Always use freshly ground pepper [is there anyone who doesn’t?]
short video: direct action: woman saves swan (Twitter: @MendelsonImages)
article: The Incredible Fig (Nautilus). “A wasp dies inside a fig after pollination. Anyone who eats figs is consuming wasp biomass.”
1-min video: snow day for panda cub (YouTube: Smithsonian’s National Zoo)