At some point in my early forties I realized that my primary goal in just about any verbal exchange is to lighten the mood.

Analyzing data from 79 men and women who wore inconspicuous devices that recorded some of their conversations over the course of four days, researchers from Washington University and the University of Arizona found a correlation...

Life is mostly an exercise in being something other than what we used to be while remaining fundamentally — and sometimes maddeningly — who we are.

In the history of the world, a whole story has never been told.

For so long, maybe all my life, I thought only a house could make you whole. I thought I was nothing without an interesting address. I thought I was only as good as my color...

I wonder if the real measure of “home” is the degree to which you can leave it alone. Maybe appreciating a house means knowing when to stop decorating. Maybe you’ve never really lived there until...

My goal in life is to be content. By that I don’t mean “fine” or “basically satisfied.” I don’t mean settling. I mean, for last of better terms, feeling like I’m in the right life.