Waking Up at 4 AM Is Not the Problem
I used to stress about waking up at 4 AM. Then I checked my sleep tracker. Turns out the God hour is notRead More
Weeping May Be the Closest Thing to Enlightenment
David Whyte says weeping may be the closest experience humans have to enlightenment. Camus says live to the point of tears. I haveRead More
Share a Table: What Jacques Pepin Posted on the 4th
Jacques Pepin came from France in 1959 and never left. On America's 250th birthday he posted two words: Share a table. Here isRead More
Weekend Watercolor #53: Rooftops, Villefranche-sur-Mer
Terracotta tiles tumbling toward the bay, Cap Ferrat in the blue distance. This week's watercolor is a painting from the rooftops of Villefranche-sur-Mer.
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Joie de Vivre Should Be a National Pastime
France has some of the lowest depression rates in the world. The secret is joie de vivre. Here is why it should beRead More
Madly. In Love.
Two climbers scaled the Empire State Building spire and got engaged at the top. Then they got arrested. Here is why the powerRead More
AI Is Like Electricity — And Reflekta Is the Applianc
We didn't know we needed a toaster until electricity arrived. The same is true for Reflekta and AI — the appliance of intergenerationalRead More
Seanchaí: The Ancient Art of Keeping Someone Alive Thr
Before there was writing, there was the Seanchaí — the Irish keeper of stories, the person who held a community's memory alive throughRead More
You Belong to the Universe: The Night Buckminster Fulle
In 1927, Buckminster Fuller stood at the edge of Lake Michigan, ready to end it all. What stopped him became the philosophy thatRead More
The Prado’s Gaze: What Old Paintings Teach About
I stopped moving in the Prado because a painting caught me. What a 500-year-old portrait, a golden map of Spanish exploration, and watercolorRead More