CP Monthly for July 2020

Common Pursuits

CP Monthly for July 2020

Common Pursuits Staff

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31 July 2020

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Newsletter

Editor's Pick

2020 Year-in-Review

Our top posts from 2020 for readers' enjoyment!

3 min read

Technology & Science

Towards Technopoly: The Improbable World

Postman describes the dangers of an instant and functionally unlimited media environment.

7 min read

Ideas & Culture

The Ordinary Pleasures of the Fine(r) Arts

After pulling my brushes from their toolbox, I begin, as always, with a simple outline in pencil.

4 min read

Ideas & Culture

Love Coffee — but not like that

Coffee does much more than get us through the day (or night), but it can't be rushed.

4 min read

Community & People

Crossing the Borders of Discomfort

“Where are you from?” The truth is it’s complicated. I feel I am from nowhere and anywhere. I’m from the uncomfortable middle.

6 min read

Authors

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Buildings, Rooms, and Anton Ego

When you’re largely stuck indoors, even the building next door becomes special. And I see how this house blocks the sun, how it abuts the little walkway between our buildings that makes me feel cramped and unwelcome. No wonder I rarely step through here.

Attention in the Garden

Where Bake-Off took the venom out of cooking competitions, Gardeners’ World forgoes any contest at all. Instead, viewers tune in to Monty Don, and other presenters and guests, as he offers practical gardening advice and radiates appreciation for the slow, quiet world of things that grow.