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Exciting news for period drama fans By Hope Coke O: Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and Sebastião Salgado. Opalescence by James Ogilvy, 2015. The lead image for the Thin Places series released by Lumitrix in partnership with Artsy Courtesy of Lumitrix and James Ogilvy How has your journey informed you? O: I have always loved photography of all kinds and appreciate many different styles. You never stop learning from others. Which photographers would you like to collect? O: Hiroshi Su...

Paradise Found? Copy link Copy link By Pallabi Munsi and Nick Fouriezos It’s an epic sort of poetry, one of longing, temptation, needs met and dreams deferred. No, we’re not talking about Milton. This is the modern race to find, and define, the paradises of tomorrow. If that seems melodramatic, perhaps you haven’t been awake this past year, when the way the world is designed became more crucial than ever. Join this trip into the near future, of giant jellyfish and oxygenating parking garages, of mass surveillance but also improved safety, of cities on stilts — or maybe even in the clo...

The Geography of Bliss, The Geography of Genius, and the spiritual memoir Man Seeks God, the bestselling author discovered a surprising truth. “Before, I was racing through life, trying to accomplish as much as humanly, or super-humanly, possible,” Weiner says. “Rarely did I stop and ask ‘why? To what end?’ I now question assumptions, especially my own, on a regular basis. This makes life trickier in some ways, but also richer and, in the end, more meaningful.” The importance of slowing down is one of many maxims in his latest book, The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lesson...

Photo by istock.com Several Rhode Island food truck operators are all about giving back this holiday season. Just before Santa arrived Christmas Eve, Steve Gilman parked in a hotel parking lot in Warwick, Rhode Island to offer coffee, cookies and barbecues fare to the homeless trying to survive COVID-19, according to a Providence Journal report. Gilman, who runs Poppy's Waffles, delivered dozens of cupcakes as well that he made in his food truck, as well as hot beverages from the Presto Strange O food truck. The effort was organized with the assistance of FoodTrucksIn.com, an online site run ...

The Books We Read in 2020 SHARE The Wall Street Journal asked people of some prominence to name the best books they read in 2020. So I asked my colleagues. Honestly, I like this list better. Of course, we all recommend the books Cato published this year. But we read more widely, and here are some of our favorites: The Little House By Virginia Lee Burton - This children's story tracks our heroine—a well-built, 19th-century country home enjoying the stars at night and the changing seasons—as modern urban life creeps closer, surrounds her, and takes her land, her enjoyment of nature, a...