“Meaning-centered psychotherapy” is helping cancer patients who are facing their terminal diagnosis. That’s the premise of a fascinating recent Wall Street Journal article about an experimental… More

The Material Girls are five women in five U.S. cities who share a common passion for “fabrics, prints, and any kind of design materials.” They blog about trends, decorating ideas and local… More

Michael J. Fox recently released a new memoir called "Always Looking Up" and a similarly upbeat TV special called “Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.” I caught part of the show the other… More

My husband and I have owned our home for five years. It was the quintessential fixer-upper when we plopped down our enormous down payment, each room presenting us a design and restoration challenge, and… More

Beegirl, from Pittsburgh, PA, runs Burbs and the Bees: Adventures of Suburban Homesteading and Novice Beekeeping. It's a blog about “Trying to jam as much farm life as I can into our little piece… More

Fun fact: canopy beds first came into existence for practical purposes, not decorative ones. Back in medieval times, noble folks’ “attendants” often slept in the same room with them and… More