All letters
In 1782, Abigail Adams wrote her husband that she could not keep living the way she had for three years. What carried them through was not her patience alone. It was letters going both ways.
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The trap isn’t the man in front of you. It’s the one you finished in your head, and a Roman poet caught it 2,000 years ago.
3 min read
Two schools of feng shui disagree about which corner of your bedroom stands for love. Both agree on what goes there: two of something, and nothing he left behind.
3 min read
The moon comes back a sliver at a time this week, and so does love that’s going somewhere. Watch what gets a day on it.
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Fifteen people who had just been left looked at one photo in a brain scanner, and what lit up looks a lot like the 11 p.m. search.
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The sky goes dark on Saturday, and the feeds say he's coming back. Here is how to tell contact from a return.
3 min read
Dreaming about him is common, measurable, and tells you something other than what you want it to.
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The list everyone shares is 1973 sociology in a toga, and the real Greek idea underneath it is better.
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The moon spends the whole week subtracting, and lands on empty on Sunday.
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The numbers came out, and the stretch you have been taking personally turns out to be nearly everyone's.
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The oldest love story we have dug up turns on an outfit, and on what he was doing while she was away.
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She lost almost everything in one autumn, then spent the rest of her life finishing the book.
3 min read
Monday to Friday
One short letter a weekday. What the old traditions noticed, what the research shows, and one thing to do with it tonight.
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