When I first started working from home during the pandemic, I literally set up my laptop on my kitchen table facing a brick wall. My one window shows nothing but…
Even in the heart of busy cities, with all their concrete and traffic noise, there’s something remarkable happening that most people walk right past. I’ve been noticing it more over…
After living in the same house for nearly four decades, you start noticing things about nature that maybe passed you by when you were younger and busier. These days, spending…
This morning I was sitting on the back deck I rebuilt two years ago – had to replace the old composite boards with real cedar after my wife complained they…
Last spring, my wife and I took our first international trip in years – a visit to our son who’s working in the Middle East. While she was content spending…
I never paid much attention to school buildings when I was young – they were just places you went to learn, usually pretty sterile affairs with fluorescent lights and cinder…
Okay, so I need to be honest about something. When I first started cramming plants into my tiny, poorly-ventilated apartment, I had no idea I was accidentally working on “air…
Okay, so this is going to sound a little ridiculous, but adding a tiny tabletop fountain to my 400-square-foot studio apartment was honestly one of the best decisions I’ve made…
After eight years of modifying our home for my wife’s changing mobility needs, I’ve learned something important: the benefits of being connected to nature shouldn’t be limited to people who…
When I first started reading about biophilic design eight years ago, most of the examples seemed pretty far removed from what regular homeowners like my wife and I could actually…