My love for cooking has always been in the outcome of the food, the way it tastes and its presentation. Rarely though, do I find myself actually observing the various utensils that I use. Spending all this time at home, I have discovered a new interest in these items I find around my kitchen. My mother has a stone mortar and pestle that I have always been fascinated by. The oblong shape of the pestle and the weight of the deep bowl are such distinct features that separate them from our everyday sights. The texture, at first g...

It’s 2020, and we’ve spent much of the year worrying about whether we should be spending time outdoors, cancelling social functions, and singing ‘happy birthday’ at the sink about thirty times a day. Now that Marymount is closing down, we’ll be spending a lot more time in our homes. Despite ou...

Success won’t come easy. An assembly in the auditorium featuring Jaco Ottink taught us that. Mr. Ottink, an avid explorer and mountaineer, has achieved what most people can only dream about—the Explorers' Grand Slam. He has successfully climbed the highest summits of all seven continents an...