The Sunday Harvest — May 3, 2026

Four posts from the field this week. Grab a coffee.

Olive Oil Isn’t a Health Trend. It’s Chemistry. (Food & Diet)

Walk into a kitchen in Spain, Greece, or southern Italy and you won’t find a bottle labeled “heart-healthy.” You’ll just find olive oil — on the counter, used for everything. The science explains why that habit matters.

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The Long View — April 28 (The Long View)

The slow discipline of paying attention over time. What farming taught me about the long game — and why it still applies.

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Why I Switched from Dancing to Tai Chi (Health & Wellness)

Ballroom was my thing. Then arthritis had other plans. Four reasons tai chi stuck — and what moving meditation actually means.

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Tools I Trust: Kagi and Orion (Apple & Technology)

I left Google Search the way you leave a bad habit — slowly, then all at once. Here’s what I use instead, and why the tool matters less than the system it runs in.

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Don’t Let the Label Fool You

When you’re managing your health on a GLP-1 medication, the last thing you want is more complexity. Food manufacturers have noticed. Walk through any grocery store or scroll through a meal delivery app and you’ll start seeing it everywhere: “GLP-1 Friendly” stamped on packaged foods, frozen meals, and

The Sunday Harvest-- Small Things That Compound**

A handful of nuts. A seasonal re-assessment. A jar of data on your wrist. Three quiet habits that are doing more work than they look like they're doing. There's a pattern I keep noticing in the things that actually stick. They don't announce themselves.

Nothing Looks Like Progress Until It Does

I spent thirty years watching fields. Most mornings, nothing looked different from the day before. You put the seed in the ground, you water it, you wait. The field just sits there. Day after day, the same quiet. Then one morning you walk out and something’s coming up. That’