It's an evening so cold I can see my breath, and I'm wandering my city walking my dog. I'm in search for life and joy, in this year of forced isolation. I find pretty much what I'd expected, people at home watching TV alone. Check, check

I sat on my balcony the evening of my 43rd birthday, sipping a glass of wine and waiting for my friend to arrive after work. We were planning to go out for dinner with his friends, and that was to be gift. There comes a point in life when

Ambitious students and parents can sometimes overwhelm themselves academically, making on far too many activities and classes in order to impress the universities or future jobs of their dreams. My family went through this process

These days, biophotonics is one of the hottest and most promising areas of science, particularly in information technology, energy and health care. It'd be ironic, but in keeping with the history of science, if contemporary researchers

Have you ever noticed that plans for change always seem to involve some sort of paring down? Eat less, send less, stress less.... What if we decide to approach 2020 with the intention of abundance? And no, not the abundance of must-have acquisitions

There are plenty of reasons why I should hate sand. It was sand my cousins buried me in, up to my neck, when I was just 9 and they were teens, the reigning hellions of Cape Cod where our family often spent summers. That they stole

I don't consider myself to be particularly spiral, most definitely not religious in the formal sense. I do, however, have familiarity with the seen deadly sins. I feel they're guidelines by which some folks choose to live, not firm tenges that determine the conditions of

The individual and national benefits of universal business education are carrots; global competition is the stick. While the business of America has always been business, the business of the world will probably always be business now that China, India and most other nations have in recent decades started to follow our free-market example. [...]

My family has learned to be supportive of my choices. This allowed me to thrive and live a slightly less frenetic life, balancing my needs vs. American stigma. Testament to the idea that there's nothing better than turning lemons into lemonade, my odd career choice

Gold glitters in the sand on a youthful, innocent stroll at the beach. Gold's the trace of a lover's finger upon his loved one's cheek, glowing with devotion and unsullied in the moment. Gold's low lights in a coffee shop, enveloped by warmth and the scent of freshly ground beans and cocoa. [...]