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Today is Day #1 of the 21 Day Relationship Challenge–but don’t worry, if you sign up after this “official” start day, you’ll get the full 21 days worth of daily emails starting from whenever you sign up. Here on the blog, in addition to my usual daily posts, I’ll add a very short post about the day’s resolution, to give …
Happiness interview: Carlin Flora. I got to know Carlin Flora through Psychology Today (a magazine and a site that I love) when she was a writer and editor there. Now, she has a terrific book coming out in a few days, on a subject of tremendous importance to happiness: friendship. Ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree: a key to happiness, …
Ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree: gratitude is a critical element to a happy life. I’m filled with gratitude right now, for the wonderful book party for Happier at Home thrown by some of my most fabulous blogger friends, the women of Go Mighty–Sarah Bryden-Brown, Maggie Mason, and Laura Mayes–and Isabel Kallman. It was a perfect evening: the setting, the …
Even though I don’t like to cook, and I’m no foodie, I nevertheless enjoy the food writing of M.F.K. Fisher. Several of her classic books are collected in The Art of Eating, which includes the essay “From A to Z: The Perfect Dinner,” from An Alphabet for Gourmets. In it, Fisher outlines three combinations of people that can reach “gastronomical …
Every Wednesday is List Day, or Tip Day, or Quiz Day. I’m in the middle of a very interesting book by Paul Adams, called Grouped. It’s about how friends and networks work in an online environment. Adams cites research by Liz Spencer and Ray Pahl (that I’m going to investigate; sounds fascinating) that identifies eight types of relationships, which can …
