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ten one wish willow snap sticks stacked in a row, one in each colour — yellow, black, red, green, gold, blue, purple, brown, orange and pink, uggaz

the one wish willow is not a wish

somewhere in southeast asia, during the war. a train stops at a small station. on the platform a woman is selling things out of a basket, and she is —...

the one wish willow is not a wish

somewhere in southeast asia, during the war. a train stops at a small station. on the platform a woman is selling things out of a basket, and she is —...

close-up of a worn bamboo back scratcher head with five carved fingers

the seven-year itch gift she will never see coming

the traditional seventh-anniversary gift is wool. the modern list says a desk set. i want to make the case for a stick. here's the part nobody mentions on the anniversary...

the seven-year itch gift she will never see coming

the traditional seventh-anniversary gift is wool. the modern list says a desk set. i want to make the case for a stick. here's the part nobody mentions on the anniversary...

six small sandstone-coloured figures with simple carved faces standing in a row on a concrete ledge in front of moss

what qi actually feels like

do this before you read anything else. it takes forty seconds. hold both hands up in front of your chest, palms facing each other, fingers loosely curved, about the width...

what qi actually feels like

do this before you read anything else. it takes forty seconds. hold both hands up in front of your chest, palms facing each other, fingers loosely curved, about the width...

Two cream-coloured front paws standing on a sheet of white paper on a wood floor, with a blue pen outline of a paw traced beside them, next to a pencil and a tape measure.

how to measure a dog's paw

paw down, weight on it, trace it. the one mistake that makes everyone order a size too small, and how our five sizes actually work. measure before you buy.

how to measure a dog's paw

paw down, weight on it, trace it. the one mistake that makes everyone order a size too small, and how our five sizes actually work. measure before you buy.

Kele, a cream poodle mix, lying behind a spread of his toys on the floor: two intact woven grass balls, a shredded blue rope toy, several knotted cotton ropes, and a teal plastic squeaker that has come out of something.

the only question that matters

the toy aisle sorts dogs by bite strength. that's the wrong question. the one that decides whether material matters is simpler: does your dog take things apart.

the only question that matters

the toy aisle sorts dogs by bite strength. that's the wrong question. the one that decides whether material matters is simpler: does your dog take things apart.

A translucent Xiuyu jade thumb ring standing on end on a ledge at dusk, backlit, with dark splashed-ink markings running through the stone.

the oldest fidget toy we know about

it started as archery armour. it ended up as something an emperor wrote fifty poems about and never fired an arrow with. three thousand years of hands needing a job.

the oldest fidget toy we know about

it started as archery armour. it ended up as something an emperor wrote fifty poems about and never fired an arrow with. three thousand years of hands needing a job.