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- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Whether you choose to have a child or not is a very personal choice. Editor Andrea Newell explores the topic in Childfree: The Way To Be?

Newell writes: “The family landscape is …

Instant cities and a not-so-Jetsonian future.

As a kid, I took it for granted that by now we’d be riding around in space cars, á la The Jetsons, flying from place to place with our feet hardly ever touching the ground. According to John D. Kasarda, professor at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, and Greg Lindsay, writer and co-author of Aerotropolis: the Way We’ll Live Next, daily air travel is here – though not in the way we once imagined.

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It takes courage to be a style icon. Do you have it in you?

It seems like everyone wants to be an icon, but few actually reach this status. Yet there are ways we can be legendary. Forget being Madonna – we have so much power over our own material world, based on purchasing power, to attain almost anything we can think of with just a few moments’ search.

While designers are skillfully trained in the art of building a fantasy around their collections, not everyone will understand. In fact, most people …

ColumnA crackling fire makes my earth-friendly instincts go up in smoke.

Maybe it’s middle age, or maybe it’s just that I’ve become jaded, but the truth is, very few things surprise me these days. Of course, some things still surprise me: the fact that country music is the most popular radio format in the United States – that was a shocker. And the recent news that Donald Trump is considering a run for the presidency – I didn’t see that coming. But I was also surprised to learn that …

Joetta Maue’s keen eye for appreciating often overlooked moments, is inspiration for her art.

Joetta Maue’s use of daily life as the main subject of her drawings, fiber art and photography comes from her desire to be true to her “Emotions, insecurities, strengths, and intelligence without fear of ridicule or censure from a patriarchal society.”

Maue says: “I am not an extraordinary woman. I do not live under extraordinary circumstances. I am a woman who has both flaws and fears and also strengths and hopes.  Through …

More people are choosing to remain childfree.

My friend, Katherine, has always been sure that she wanted a house full of children; she’s just one of those people who falls into motherhood easily and happily. Another friend, Anna, does not want to have children. I walk the middle line, with the mother role being something I’m still learning to wear comfortably.

It’s a cliche by now that those with children encourage, pressure, even browbeat all the misguided people who claim to care less about having children. But why should this be so?

Taking On Parenthood

Parenthood …

Kyler by Joy O’s modern designs are made from upcycled steel and precious metals.

With the current spring/summer season proving to be a veritable 70′s redux, those of us enamored with that decade should be in fashion heaven. Think flared pants, platform shoes and slinky, draped silhouettes, versions of a Film-Noir/femme-fatale meets Charlie’s-Angel-dancing-the-night-away-in-Studio-54 look.