The driver muttered “congratulations” as I stepped out of the maxi-taxi, a van better suited to hauling furniture than people. I did a double take. My first thought: how could this bus driver know that my birthday was coming up? “Cordial” is not a word I’d associate with bus drivers in Moldova. I was caught off […]
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Happy Reading: A First Look At Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss
Happiness is on the brain. I read this interview with Cheryl Strayed on The Happiness Project, in which Strayed calls a 20-minute walk “the cheapest, healthiest cure on earth.” Preach it! And recently I finished Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss (which I heard about from JoAnna Haugen’s review.) Weiner’s book is a compelling and quirky quest […]
Shopping Your (Or Your Friend’s) Closet: Thrifting Begins At Home
Summer’s a great time to stroll through racks of shorts, glassware, abandoned craft projects, and forlorn pillows at your local thrift store. That’s me, above, in an impromptu gun show outside a Goodwill in Florida. Not long ago, I spent a week at the beach with my folks, and they indulged my love of thrift […]