Eggs are a symbol or rebirth and renewal. We embellished one to make a perfect message for Spring.
Read MoreJulia Child’s Life Lessons (On Live TV, 1963)
In this short clip, Julia Child attempts flipping a potato pancake — “a rather daring thing to do”— and imparts extraordinary life wisdom when she flubs it.
Read MoreSimple Effective Way to Dampen Irritating Vibrations
Our ever-awake world is full of machinery creating disturbing vibrations (and sleepless nights). After much trial and error, here’s the most effective way we found to dampen them..
Read MoreAn Anti-Decluttering House and a Liberating Redefinition of Hoarding
We find ourselves sighing with relief when we see REAL spaces that embrace the stuff of living in creative ways, like this joyfully unconventional Japanese home.
Read MoreCreativity is the Work of Sowing Seeds (Brian Eno, May Sarton)
August Sanders’ farmer got us thinking about just how much the creative process is about sewing seeds when we stumbled on these words by Brian Eno and May Sarton…
Read MoreShout What You Love (Jessica’s Daily Affirmation)
In this great video, we see a little kid’s unique method of daily affirmations. So we tried it ourselves. It’s both uplifting and energizing.
Read MoreSnow Day: ‘Why, How, Whence Such Beauty and What the Meaning’ (Mary Oliver)
When I went into the blizzard sweeping the East Coast, I was surprised to find so many people hanging out or happily at work on all sorts of creations…Mary Oliver’s poem came to mind.
Read MoreHow to Stretch Those Too-Tight Shoes You Love (Really Works)
I got so many raves about my tried-and-true method of stretching too-tight shoes, that I’m publishing it again, five years later.
Read MoreUse Empathy and Observation to Find Simple Solutions (Mileha Soneji)
Designer Mileha Soneji loves to create innovations that aren’t dependent on technology, like the two she created for her uncle with Parkinson’s using a unique approach we can all employ…
Read MoreOur Truest Expression is Waiting To be Found: Mary Delany’s Late-in-Life Calling
Mary Delany found her “flower mosaic” technique by accident at age 72 and went on to create nearly 1000 wondrous collages… A role model for all of us late bloomers.
Read MoreHow to Roast a Frozen Chicken (It’s Terrific)
Although I love roast chicken, I don’t always plan the defrosting part far enough in advance. Could I roast a chicken frozen? I wondered. So I tried it.
Read MoreDraped Linens and Drop Cloths Transform Furniture in a Chateau (and Your House as Well)
For need-of-a- refresh sofa or chairs, we take a cue from this chill 12th Century château in France transformed with the artful use of draped cloth.
Read MorePES’ Gone Fishin’ is 15 Seconds of Quirky Magic
Fifteen amazing seconds from Oscar-nominated stop motion animator PES is full of strange brilliance as is the poem we found to go with it.
Read MoreWhen I Deleted My News Feed My Day Got Longer and Calmer
Inspired by Farhad Manjoo’s revelatory NY Times article, I deleted the news feed on my phone to see if I could “have what Manjoo was having”: more free time, and a clearer head.
Read MoreBirdsong Radio Wakes You UP in the Best Possible Way
How did we forget about the great birdsong.fm, the site that streams only birdsong. Listening to the music of birds first thing in the morning woke us UP in the best way possible. Our friend Josh Eisen described its mighty effect perfectly..
Read MoreAnnals of Personal Hungers: Nori ‘Bread’ and Butter
No doubt it was my hunger for buttered toast that caused me to spread really good butter on a sheet of nori seaweed. That surprising combination has become another thing I hunger for
Read MoreLaurie Anderson and John Cage’s Wonderful Conversation Long Ago (Two Heroes!)
A digital walkabout took us a 1992 edition of Tricycle, the great Buddhist magazine, where Laurie Anderson interviews Cage, then 80 years old. Here are some catalytic bits:
Read MoreSteven Pinker on How to Live a World We Think is in Dire Straits
We are not alone in feeling that things have never been so bad, that the world is in seriously dire straits. Psychologist Steven Pinker offers some clarifying strategies that shift our view.
Read MoreTeachings of the Ordinary, the Common, the Very Drab (Mary Oliver)
Opening Devotions, Mary Oliver’s five-decade-spanning anthology of poems, we found this gem, that sets the tone for a new week.
Read MoreWe Paraglide Weightless Through the Floating World
“Something opens our wings”, wrote Rumi, the perfect words for this lovely video that took us soaring with joy through the Azores, France, Brazil…weightless
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