ARIES (March 21-April 19): Have you ever been part of an innovation team? Its goal is not simply to develop as many new ideas and approaches as possible, but rather to generate good, truly useful new ideas and approaches. The most effective teams don’t necessarily move with frantic speed. In fact, there’s value in “productive […]
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In This Together
High desert writer and Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston’s new book, “We Could Die Doing This,” compiles treasured “Third Act” columns
When brainstorming a title for her latest book, Ellen Waterston, along with Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer, knew they had to hit a bullseye. Composed of columns from her monthly series, “The Third Act,” which Waterston has been penning since 2021, the central thesis of ageing and ageism necessitated something punchy. She recalled her children’s […]
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24 Ways to Do Life Better
Doing life better is a job that never
ends and the benefits never end either. That is a good job to take.
Something inspired me to write this list of ways to do life better. I hope to closely follow my own advice: 1. Forgive regularly. Resentment is a deep and sneaky poison. Do whatever it takes to send it on its way. 2. Offer sincere apologies… with no buts. “I am sorry” is one of the […]
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Genre-Benders: Break Out of Your Reading Comfort Zone
Cozy horror, romantasy, viral BookToks. Publishing trends might be hard to keep up with, but one I don’t think will go away anytime soon is the way genre isn’t staying in its convenient pigeonholes. We’re seeing mystery bleed into literary, fantasy meeting detective story and horror alongside humor. I’m a bookseller at Roundabout Books in […]
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Just Sayin’
What’s your documentary moment?
You have to admit, the first 66 days of Trump’s presidency have been a rodeo. I’d like to feel everything is fine, but don’t. I’m not alone. I. Maria Ressa’s book, “How to Stand Up to a Dictator,” recounts her dogged and personally dangerous commitment to standing up for fact-based journalism in the Philippines during […]
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A Penguin, a Princess, a Parent, a Pratt and a Pesci Impression
March at the movies
March has been a fairly middling month for movies so far. Don’t get me wrong, there have been a couple of solid cinematic offerings, but those have felt more like aberrations than the norm. This week, I watched five new movies hoping for some magic (I found some), but mostly what I discovered was something […]
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The Psychedelic Frontier:A Basic Overview of Substances
From magic mushrooms to LSD and MDMA to ayahuasca and more
Q: I appreciate your articles and the information and resources they contain. I am not entirely clear on understanding what all the various psychedelic substances are and their uses and effects. Can you please help me? A: The use of entheogens and empathogens can lead to some of the most expansive and eye-opening moments in […]
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Horoscope Week of March 27, 2025
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ancient Rome’s emperor Julius Caesar undertook a radical move to fix the calendar, which had become increasingly inaccurate as the centuries passed. He added three months to the year 46 BCE, which as a result was 445 days long. I’m thinking that 2025 might seem equally long for you, Aries. Your […]
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The Medicine Cabinet Within: Human Touch
Medicine for the masses
We are a culture that has gone through a massive transformation in the way we connect to one another and information over the last 20 years or so. Ironically, while we have the tech for such tremendous connectivity, we may have simultaneously lost some of the incentive for old-fashioned physical connection and closeness — trading […]
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The Spies Who Loved One Another
“Black Bag” revels in elegant espionage
Can we agree that Steven Soderbergh is one of America’s most exciting, influential and innovative filmmakers currently working? Or, are his movies not “sexy” enough to elevate him to the ranks of artists like Hitchcock, Scorsese, Godard and Truffaut? Actually, I don’t really care if we agree: I’m calling it. Since 1989’s “Sex, Lies, and […]
