The value of colors in the everyday — Los Angeles feels like it’s coming alive again. Flowers are blooming. The petals match the colors of my clung-onto pandemic hobbies — nail painting, knitting, and water coloring. I range from bad to adequate at these hobbies. Nail polish is just as likely to end up on my hands as…

The ability to live a life of perpetual untangling through stress and rest It is only within a life of authentic leisure that one can examine and engage in the world. …

Sharing our photographs and stories influences our conceptions of those experiences. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t share. — To me, when the sun shines, everything looks prettier. The LA river sparkles when it is sunny out. There’s a twinkle, an intensity to the colors. You can’t tell someone exactly how the sunlight dances on the water. …