All of Gandhi’s worldly possessions

Using plants as air filters

According to a top NASA scientist, some house plants can filter many dangerous chemicals out of indoor air. One of the best air filtering scrubbers is a robust rubber tree plant. Are you in favour of fostering indoor plants that do a good job of cleaning household air? Some plants are exceptional in that capacity. […]

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.”

~ Lao Tzu

What can you do today that you could not do a year ago?

Can Art Teach Patience?

Have you ever noticed how long people look at a painting in a museum or gallery? Surveys have clocked view times anywhere between 10 and 17 seconds. The Louvre estimated that visitors studied the Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world, for an astoundingly low average of 15 seconds. Our increasingly online, instantaneous existence accounts for […]