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‘Accordion Hands’ and ‘Caterpillar Eyebrows’: Trump Meets the Female Gaze nytimes.com/2024/05/27/opi…

Why Bad Commencement Speeches Are a Good Thing: "That is the point of the ritual, an odd annual spectacle of tender and reciprocal generational condescension. The old pretend to have some wisdom for the young, and the young pretend to accept it." nytimes.com/2024/05/24/boo…

"I want to pack in as much as possible now": One-and-done dads, fully remote dads, stay-at-home dads: Canadian fathers are eking out more time away from work to be with their kids, judgment be damned. Smart, empathetic piece from Dave McGinn The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The pandemic changed how we work...and groom. Research finds women are less likely to shower than men when working from home, saving many minutes on primping. Is this liberating? Are we closing the "grooming gap"? Honest women, email me for a story: [email protected] Thx!

Who Wants to Sit at a Communal Table? "The most seductive lie restaurants tell is that the customer has the control. ... The control is illusory but it’s central to the experience. 'So not being the master of your own little table pisses some people off.'" theatlantic.com/family/archive…

Tiny, windowless and often filled with cleaning supplies, "maid's rooms" were a fixture in many Brazilian homes, a vestige of the country's history of slavery. The rooms are now disappearing, being transformed into libraries, offices and walk-in closets: nytimes.com/2024/08/15/wor…

Bosses are calling staff back to the office, commutes are back, and so is primping in the morning. How much time does grooming add to your office days? How much time do you save on WFH days? What do you do with your extra minutes? Email me for a story: [email protected]

My So-Called Life creator Winnie Holzman reflects on the 30-year-old pilot: "I decided there are certain outward manifestations that change from generation to generation but the inner life, the inner struggles, the secret yearnings don’t change that much." vulture.com/article/my-so-…

Remote work is not a distraction. It's a chance to concentrate. Government workers were 28% more productive on days when supervisors assigned them tasks to do at home, because they were more focused. The office is good for interaction, but it's not always ideal for deep work.

As Canada's birth rates plummet, "We shouldn’t try to change fertility rates to ensure our social systems can function. We need to change our social systems to work for families & society today, characterized by lower fertility & longer life expectancy." thestar.com/opinion/contri…

When we talk about distraction, we overlook how often we interrupt ourselves: every 47 seconds, say experts studying how we switch screens at work. Canadians: How do you interrupt your own attention? How do you pull it back? Please email me for a story: [email protected]

Ann Patchett on regretting email: "I love my neighbors & wonder what friendship I’ve missed with them by communicating with so many people far away. ...The balance is skewed toward the people I tap out my feelings for, rather than the ones in front of me." nytimes.com/2024/10/15/opi…

Canadians: Are you friends with your neighbours? Time spent with neighbours has fallen dramatically in past decades. We got more insular in the pandemic. What's lost when we stop making time for the people on our street? Email me for a story: [email protected] Thanks!

Who is the happiest person you know? What's their guiding principle? Erin Anderssen at The Globe and Mail is looking for Canadians to nominate the happiest person in their orbit, for a special project. Nominate them here (& make them even happier): theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Canadians: Are you thinking about #corememories this Christmas? Looking back on the year, which experiences do you hope your kids will take with them? And what do they actually remember? I'm working on a story about memory making. Email me at [email protected] Thanks!

RIP David Lynch

Canadian families, I'm working on a story about the modern state of rest. Lockdowns showed parents they over-fill their kids' calendars. Today, are you able to just relax with your kids? Or is it a race to activities again? Email me for a story: [email protected] Thanks!

Canadian families: How do you rest together? How do you push back on busyness & endless activies & to-do lists, to slow down and be together? I'm working on a story about the state of rest. If you'd like to talk to me about it, email me at [email protected] Many thanks!

Letting people see your messy house shows vulnerability, writes Katherine Goldstein. If you've dropped the façade and consciously spend less time cleaning before company comes over, I want to hear about it for a Globe and Mail story. Email me at: [email protected] Thanks!

Canadians: Do you clean obsessively before having guests over? Why? Are you trying to let up on this habit? Would we have people over more often, if it weren't for the big pre-clean? If you've mulled this, I'd like to talk for a story. Email me: [email protected] Thanks!