Thanks to reader Alana Perrault who wrote this fond remembrance of her Ukrainian egg decorating (pysanky) sessions with her loving, multi-generational household. Pysanky nights sent us into “perfect child” mold, finishing our homework and chores in record time so we could get down to business. All the men would retire to the TV room while…

There’s a lot of interest among you in Feng Shui, the practice of rearranging your environment for maximum health and stability (the actual translation of the words is “wind” and “water”). My study of this subject has helped me greatly, and if you ever came to my house, you’d notice crystals and windchimes hanging in…

I got abundant mail on the item I posted last week about clutter. Some of you have minimized your CD stress and mess by downloading onto your iPod your entire CD collection. (“Is such a thing possible?” I’ve asked friends and relations. “Yes,” they all say dryly, surprised that Chattering Mind is so out of…

A light exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period. When March is scarcely here A color stands abroad On solitary hills That science cannot overtake, But human nature feels. It waits upon the lawn; It shows the furthest tree Upon the furthest slope we know; It almost speaks to me.…

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