House in a hamlet: restoration, regeneration, and layers of a home by Nicolás Boullosa on February 20, 2025 When you tend a garden or you have a project of a house in your hands, your world opens up …
Picking one’s battles: choosing healthy introspection over doomscrolling by Nicolás Boullosa on February 6, 2025 From an aging G-Wagon to the sacred peaks of Mount Athos, the quest for home and meaning unfolds in motion. …
Unauthorized musings on The Great Disconnect: men’s online withdrawal by Nicolás Boullosa on December 11, 2024 Old ways of creating bonds aren’t working as they used to, and we see proof of it every day, in …
Our cultural sense of “permanent emergency” (as seen in pop culture) by Nicolás Boullosa on November 6, 2024 Can we escape the never-ending election mode now that the US elections are over? I’ll try, nonetheless. Exploring pop culture’s …
Designing homes that age well & adapt to life’s different stages by Nicolás Boullosa on May 15, 2024 From the sandwich generation to the boomerang generation, homes undergo makeovers that don’t seem aligned with life’s events. This can …
It didn’t just start: genealogy of resentment & self-righteousness by Nicolás Boullosa on March 6, 2024 From frustration to self-righteousness: here’s a look at the genealogy of resentment in the so-called Culture Wars —and what youth …
Being bored is not idleness, can be good for you (& your kids) by Nicolás Boullosa on June 21, 2023 On September 11, 2022, we received an email through the site’s contact form. It was short and concise. Signed by …
Purpose & meaning in life: why we all need our own Moby Dick by Nicolás Boullosa on June 14, 2023 Having a purpose or a life aim, one that we can more on less picture ahead of us, is crucial …
Self-discovery & risk-taking in today’s teens: nature/nurture by Nicolás Boullosa on January 26, 2023 In The Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexican poet and diplomat Octavio Paz grasped in a few lines the true meaning of …
Power of awe: marveling about the world as life affirmation by Nicolás Boullosa on January 4, 2023 I just received one message from a relative that lifted my spirits. He just wanted to let me know that …
