When we saw this image on @UpstateDiary, we thought what a lovely thing to build into a garden, and imagined ourselves resting on it, how instantly relaxed and at ease we would feel in the fragrant green. Then this Mary Oliver poem jumped into our hands, expanding its possibilities…
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Charles Bukowski said many wise things in his life. We especially like is antodote for depression and burnout, and his views on “trying”…
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We found several illuminating hunks in No Long Writing, Philip Roth Still has Plenty to Say, a New York Times interview with the legendary novelist, who retired from writing several years ago…
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When a friend mentioned that she often calmed her wakeful daughter by playing whale songs to her, I had to try it myself.
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