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Imagine inviting a friend into your home for a visit and a long talk. Then imagine serving something as beautiful as these hand-tied tea blossoms in a clear mug of hot water. You could be discussing the saddest thing: a divorce, an illness, death, or mishap. But the tea would revive and uplift you both.…

We let the young Chatterings stay up the other night to see if David Blaine could hold his breath under water for nine minutes (who knew ABC’s program would run on until 10 p.m.?). Next morning: uh-oh. Younger Chattering woke up and announced he still had some homework to finish. Actually he’d told me that…

Will David Blaine’s breath-holding stunt encourage others to explore the yogi-like ability to slow down the heartbeat, still their metabolism, and stay super calm? Or is there a masochistic character to the man’s pranks? Is he shortening his life? Or is the endurance artist like a moth that must fly into the flame? I’m thinking…

“Pray as if everything depends upon God; act as if everything depends upon you.” —Abraham Joshua Heschel.
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