Here’s this week’s list of things to check out:

1. Two-finger swipe to select multiple targets in a list: I tend to use YouTube like a lot of people use TikTok; in an enforced transition zone, I will often spin up the YouTube app and scroll through their “shorts”: quick videos lasting no longer than three minutes (they used to be sixty seconds). I learned this killer tip from Marques Brownlee, where you can use two fingers in a list (the app has to support two-finger drag to select) to drag and select multiple files or entries. I’ve tried it out in OmniFocus and Files, where it works really well. It also is the gesture to select text; instead of pressing on a text entry you want to select, waiting for the cursor to select the closest word and then dragging the handle, you can enter directly into text selection mode. This does not work in Todoist or Things, for example, two places where I expected it to. I’m not shocked at all to find that OneNote doesn’t support it.

2. Mums: Nothing says fall quite like the harvest of fresh vegetables, pumpkins everywhere, and of course, mums. Rhonda always stocks up on them at a local farm and makes a pretty display on our side porch. I would live like a bachelor were it not for her touch.

3. Martha Stewart’s Pickled Cabbage recipe: Related to number two, cabbage is always available, for a cheap price, in the fall. We have a small stand down the road that employs the honor system and treats the locals in the know to dirt-cheap lettuce, cabbage, beets, peppers, sweet potatoes, and other seasonal veggies. I’ve long wanted to try quick-pickling a head of Napa cabbage. We sometimes have quick-pickled asian-style cucumbers with dinner, and I love it. I also love sauerkraut and asian pickled vegetables when they’re featured in a dish. As such, I have been pickling different cabbages, most recently (as in today) a head of regular old cabbage. I’ve tried a few recipes, but Martha’s seems to be sticking. My first batch featured way too much dried red pepper flakes, entirely an accident, but it was delicious and spicy.