High praise for … fruit? Well, yes, but really for the slow and steady, meditative, tactile, and entirely hack-free act of deseeding one (or more) into a bowl and then wantonly enjoying the fruits of your labor with a spoon. [Editor’s Note: Technically they are arils, not seeds.] We’ve got a few more weeks left of peak-season pomegranates and I plan on making the most of them. Ideally, pair the act (and the eating) with one of Wyld’s Pomegranate Restore Gummies, which taste genuinely delicious and offer an easygoing high that’s about as one-size-fits-all as highs get.
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As a righty, having a left-handed child means somewhat vicariously experiencing the annoyance of a lot of little things not being quite right (no pun intended). Scissors, desks, and spiral notebooks are the classics you might remember witnessing friends in school struggle with, but there are always new random ones that pop up. What I wouldn’t give for a Leftorium near me. With all that information in mind, I want to take this opportunity to praise a company called Stabilo. Their ergonomic art supplies are awesome for everyone—right-handed or left—but their southpaw products have really impressed me. These pencils, in particular, have totally changed how my son writes and colors. You can find them at a bunch of retailers, but I figured I’d link to their site directly so you can see all their offerings.
-DW
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A month late, but still probably the best thing I’ve read on a question that’s plagued me for the better part of the last year—and beyond.
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In case you missed it, we launched Hi-Snaps on the site earlier this week, and I’m thrilled about it. I tried some samples late last year, and they quickly became my go-to at-home happy hour beverage: just the thing to help me decompress from extra-long pre-holiday hours spent sitting hunched over my computer. One packet in a seltzer and you’ll definitely feel it, but not so much that you couldn’t re-up with another round later or follow it with a glass of wine or cocktail at dinner. But the 50-50 split of THC and CBD gives a special kind of release that my shoulders really need.
If, toward the end of the day, you find yourself rolling your neck and counting down the minutes until you can make a martini, try one of these little guys instead. I think you’d enjoy it.
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I’ve never actually been a big gravity bong guy. Even in high school, when engineering-minded friends would MacGyver them out of found parts in the bathroom at someone’s house on a Saturday night, it was just never really my thing. But as the cannabis world has drastically changed over the past decade or two, so, obviously, have the accessories. And this grav bong from from Contraband is easily one of the chicest I’ve come across.
It comes in a range of colors that you might find at Farrow & Ball, as well as some patterns, and the functionality looks pretty incredible. If big hits is one of your 2026 new year’s resolutions, then maybe this is for you.
-DW
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This one comes directly from High Praise reader Lucy Anderle. Today is the last day of artist Phoebus Osborne’s show at The Parent Company, entitled Oh, it’s my ass and my anus. Frankly, if the name doesn’t immediately draw you in, I’m not sure anything I write will do any better. Osborne’s solo show transforms the gallery into a subterranean dreamscape, with projections of caves, queer beaches, bathroom DJ sets, and domestic spaces, all set to a hypnotic score by Colin Self. I haven’t seen it myself, but Anderle gives it two big thumbs up.
-DW
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