Ever wish you could sleep with a 1500-page tome under your pillow and with the power not unlike osmosis, awake refreshed and a whole lot smarter than when you went to sleep the night before?  I do. And the first book I would place under my pillow would be Dr. Iain McGilchrist’s The Matter with Things . I need to know everything that man has ever written and enjoy listening to his podcast episodes, interviews, and lectures. In fact, I wish everyone would pay attention to this man’s ideas on...

As autumn settles over the world like a pale orange, burnt sienna and cream cashmere blanket, there's a particular kind of magic in the afternoon light—that golden hour seems to linger just a bit longer, as if the season itself is savoring each moment before winter arrives. It is this time of year that I want to live outside, relish the cooler weather and turning leaves, mosey down dirt paths with friends to discover birds, flowers, mushrooms, and furry critters, and when the light finally...

There's something achingly romantic about fountain pens—selecting the color or creating your own color of ink to fill the reservoir, the...