An estate sale is only a true estate sale if the homeowner is dead. If the owner is living, then it’s a tag sale, though many people use the terms interchangeably. When I went to one of my first “estate sales,” in Hewlett Harbor, Long Island, roughly two years ago, […]
Month: January 2022
It seems we’re also looking to the sky for inspiration. “We believe in the growing importance of a luminous mid-tone that calls to mind the luminosity of clear skies and is therefore cool and optimistic, not cold,” Riberti says. “It’s a great color to instill positivity without being overwhelming, and […]
Much like the verdant planet of Pandora in his 2009 hit film “Avatar,” movie producer Jon Landau’s home in the Florida Keys is teeming with tropical vegetation. Spanning about 4 acres, the waterfront property on Plantation Key in the village of Islamorada contains over 350 species of plants, all cataloged with […]
This article considers the latest understandings and advances concerning atom chips in order to provide an overview of this technology. Image Credit: Tasha Vector/Shutterstock.com Atoms are the fundamental constituents of all substances. They contain a positively charged nucleus, and their outside limits are defined by electron clouds. They are electrically neutral. The […]
Joan Didion, 1934-2021. Photo courtesy of AP End-of-year articles and newscasts often focus on those whom we have lost in the past year, and 2021 was no different. For some friends the loss of Sondheim was the most notable, but for me it was the loss of Joan Didion. Articles […]
The party had to end sometime. Now that the holidays are behind us, we must reconcile all the eating, buying, hedonism and general gluttony. After the crest comes the crash. Which is why January brings the diets, the budgets, the self-improvement resolutions and the once-and-for-all promises to get organized. Fortunately, […]