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Books
Articles
Sensuous Housekeeping
Explore the eros of laundry, desire in dusting, and the mythology of tidying up.
The Mindful Home
Consider the spiritual life of your kitchen and learn how to pay homage to your home.
The Secret Lives of our Possessions
With artist Ann Arnold, Valerie Andrews explores the inner lives of ordinary objects.
Podcasts
Novelist Carol Edgarian on the Trauma of Losing Home
: Novelist Carol Edgarian writes about the loss of home during the Armenian genocide and how people rebuilt their lives after the San Francisco earthquake and the Silicon Valley bust.
Isabel Allende: From Exile to Finding Home
Best-selling author Isabel Allende reflects on her years in exile before coming to California, where she has found sanctuary and created her own House of the Spirits.
Cosmologist Brian Swimme on Our Home in the Cosmos
What does it mean to know your place in the universe? Physicist Brian Swimme reminds us that our home address is the Milky Way and our bodies are made of stardust.
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