It's essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention-through endless repetitions.

In Manhattan last month I heard a woman borrowing the jargon of junkies to say to another, 'Want to do some chocolate?'

Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings.

Horses have made civilization possible.

Tranquillity hides in small spaces, and when found needs to be treasured, because you know it's a phantom that will slip away again.

No matter how politely one says it, we owe our existence to the farts of blue-green algae.

Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.