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Category: The Examined Life

We’re sitting at the midpoint of winter, entering what isn’t an easy month—or easy season—for many of us. To beat

It’s almost time for one of my favorite Modern Mrs Darcy traditions. Winter has never been my favorite season. It’s

My family of six is spending a lot of time together these days. We enjoy spending time together—and up till

Longtime readers know that I am transfixed by the subject of urban planning: the field dedicated to the development and

Regular readers of this blog know that my husband Will and I traveled to Scotland in December 2018 for an

See that photo above? It’s a $1.49 daffodil bouquet from Trader Joe’s, but this photo means something to me because

The other night over dinner my family reached a consensus: Thanksgiving is the best holiday. You might think that four

A hazard of the writing life is that you spend too much time on your duff tapping away at a

I just finished Cal Newport’s new book Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World. Although I do

Up for today: a few of the questions I can’t stop thinking about. A few weeks ago in the MMD

Buckle Up!