What do you do for work? “I research the social organization of gelada baboons.” Conversation starter reached elite levels. From his research on baboons, Robin Dunbar proposed that the brain size of primates correlates with the number of meaningful, mutually invested relationships they can maintain. He extends that thinking to humans, proposing that around 150…

In 9 minutes you can’t drive very far. It’s barely enough time to warm up your car. But in that time the heart reflects, and dwells on the precious memories it collects.

It’s an excuse. And a good one. A holiday to show appreciation. A holiday to give thanks.

There are so many ways to bring beauty into a space. And so many forms that beauty takes: a ray of sunlight, a musical note, the color of a leaf, a kind word, a gesture. And a less common but equally delightful form: reciting poetry. What a gift it is to have poetry on the…

Absolutely exhilarating. An energy boost A moment in time you want to document and reflect on. Because the start is also, the beginning of the end.