Friends – Staircase 9 17

Posted on May 17, 2019May 9, 2019 by Staircase 9 17

“We cannot have a perfect life without friends”

"Noi non potemo avere perfetta vita senza amici". Today's Friday Food for Thought is from Dante Alighieri (c.1265 - 1321), Italian poet and author of the Divine Comedy, considered by many to be the greatest work in the Italian language.

Posted on May 10, 2019May 9, 2019 by Staircase 9 17

A twenty-second hug for Mother’s Day

Dear Claire, I listened to an interesting podcast the other day on NPR, our national public radio station here in the US. It was an interview with twin sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski, whose new book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle (or in the UK, Burnout: The Secret to Solving the Stress…