The Hermitage

Even a hand-made mask like this one (made for us by Lori Vega and modeled by Kathleen) offers more protection against illness than a nake...

abcdust It can be hard to visualize something smaller than something too small to see. This graphic lets you see how much smaller a co...

National Park Service / D. Kopshever. Are you a herd animal, a pack animal, or a lone wolf? Being a dog person, I like to think I’m pa...

Contrary to Google’s marketing spin , the New Blogger is only better if you: Don’t know anything about HTML and don’t wan...

While I used to start most days with a full agenda, it seems most days start like this in the post-COVID world. But my planner fills u...

These thoughts were on my mind, and I jotted them down in my journal on Monday. I felt compelled to put them up here on the off c...

I know it doesn’t sound like much given the infrequency and irregularity of posts on this page, but this site will go dark tomorrow...

Photo by Unknown One thing centenarians have in common is being active in community and family. Here is Suna being active with her Mast...

Photo by Postmaster / Shutterstock I think Marcus Aurelius once said, “We choose to participate in the rave.” This post originally...

Photo by The New York Times I remember thinking at the time, “That’s easy for you to say.” The best things in life are free But...