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Category: Beauty and wonder

A FABULOUS VISIT TO SHANGRI LA,…DORIS DUKE’S WONDERFUL HOME AND MUSEUM IN HONOLULU

Marla and I have wanted to visit Doris Duke’s “Shangri La” in Honolulu for years and we finally made it happen on our March trip to Hawaii. Duke’s former home is now the Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design and is part of…

AWE…STARTLING EMOTIONAL AWAKENINGS

I listened to a fascinating program on NPR featuring Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. He is the author of “Awe…The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life.” The…