Melissa Kirsch

We don’t have to travel to the moon to gain some of the insight that astronauts do.

Entertaining out-of-town visitors can yield ideas for how to live more intentionally in your everyday life.

Astronomical spring began yesterday, but the actual change of season is more gradual, a halting and nonlinear progression.

Introducing The Good List, a new weekly newsletter by Melissa Kirsch designed to bring joy and meaning to your days.

If decreasing dependence on our phones feels impossible, we might benefit from considering what we’d want to fill the space that they occupy.

Does taking care of our future selves have to mean sacrifice in the present?

On Valentine’s Day, consider the ways in which we’re sticking to established paths — and the places where we yearn to deviate.

Behind the scenes at the Westminster Dog Show, the entrants were affectionate. Or at least they acted like it.

How can the perpetually shivering warm up to winter?

In the run-up to the Oscar nominations, a chat with a reporter who has followed every twist and turn of the race.

The dream of cohabitating with a group of friends is an attractive fantasy, but we can benefit from its lessons, regardless of our living situation.