This week, as we near the end of 2025, the writers and editors of KQED Arts & Culture are reflecting on One Beautiful Thing from the year. ou’re entering your homemaker era,” my mother said earlier ...

If you’re sick of holey socks, toes that show through or heels without cushioning, we found what might be the last pair of socks you ever buy in your lifetime. Darn Tough Vermont makes tough socks — ...

RAVE to my husband who insists on wearing socks with holes in them (“They’re perfectly good”), thus providing a source of amusement and a topic of conversation when we visit a shoe-free home. RANT to ...