Home and Shopping: Shop for Yourself: Matta
Matta: A Jodhpur rug, a pouf, "a patchwork of vintage dresses and sarees, a world of embroideries and prints" is the description of a shop named Matta. I realized when going through this site, that I have a Vaibhav blouse that this site carries. And alth…
Health and Science: If Bob Dylan Had Cancer or 'The Day Before Chemo Blues" (with apologies to Bob)
Lyrics by *Susan Tifft:
I feel good, I feel fine.
I’ve even had a little wine!
But them salad days are over and done.
Mass General Hospital again has won.
I got the knock-me-down, throw-me-up, I’m fixin’ to heave, day-before-chemo bl…
Home and Shopping: Chile, Part 2: Recommended Wines That Are Easy to Like, Easy on Your Pocketbook
Montes is also distinguished by its attention to detail: Maturing vines are serenaded with monastic chants; grapes for Montes Alpha “M” are selected one at a time; feng shui principles were incorporated in its $6.5 million Apalta winery. Look for the angels on the labels, there because founding partner Douglas Murray has a grand faith in and fondness for them. So far, his faith in them has been amply rewarded.
Money and Computing: The Case for Investing in Bonds During Retirement
This Center for Retirement Research at Boston College brief is by *Anthony Webb published August, 2009
Introduction
For households seeking retirement income security, short-term deposits (such as money market accounts, certificates of deposit, an…
Home and Shopping: Pixels to Textiles Exhibit
"The main joy in weaving is to watch the article grow under your hands, to plan the colour schemes and the patterns and to watch them develop from row to row, to watch one’s colours combine as a painter watches his pigment form on the canvas the thoughts and the vision of his eye, to watch the pattern develop as an architect watches his building rise story by story."
Relationships and Going Places: Art With a Message
I had decided on painting a long, horizontal seascape seen from a low angle with long, late afternoon shadows. Wet sand in the foreground cradled a bottle washed up on the shoreline and inside the corked bottle was a rolled up, weathered piece of paper.
Current Reading: Current Reading: Ten Things Your Therapist Won't Tell You
“Not every therapist is well trained in every disorder,” says Richard Dana, a psychologist in Newton, Mass. “Someone who is referred with obsessive-compulsive disorder may find that his therapist was not really trained in that area.” According to Herbert Klein, editor and publisher of Psychotherapy Finances, many therapists lost substantial income during the 1990s, when businesses shifted to managed-care insurance. As a result, some practitioners don’t feel they can afford to turn away patients.
News and Issues: Pew Researches End-of-Life Decisions
"Daughters are more likely than sons to have had these conversations with their parents: 65% of women vs. 48% of men say they have talked to their parents about how to handle their medical care if they become incapacitated."






