I mentioned in my last article, 18 recommended books for winter, that I was reading…
meaning and purpose
The power of a sunset: how Viktor Frankl & Tolstoy’s Pierre Bezukhov are lifted from hardship by the beauty of nature
Despite experiencing unimaginable hardship during the Holocaust, Viktor Frankl describes in Man’s Search for Meaning how…
On retreating into galleries, museums and the beauty of art (with help from Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch)
Museums and galleries remain among the few oases that can deliver what has become increasingly…
Navigating a Confusing World with Whitman’s “Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances”
Walt Whitman photographed at his home in Camden, New Jersey. Samuel Murray, 1891. “Of the…
Find meaningful work & nurture creativity with the 99U book series
One of my best-loved non-fiction books is The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp: an inspiring…

If You Don’t Know Where to Go in Life, Try Reading War and Peace
I write a lot about Pierre Bezukhov, one of the main characters in Leo Tolstoy’s…