Today’s Spotlight is on New Year’s resolutions. People celebrate the beginning of each year at different times depending on their cultural traditions. But one of the most common times to celebrate the New Year is by the Gregorian calendar. People also call this way of measuring days, months...
one looking backward and the other forward. The practice of making resolutions to rid oneself of bad habits and to adopt better ones also dates to ancient times. Some believe theBabyloniansbegan the custom more than 4,000 years ago. These early resolutions were likely made in an attempt to ...
The custom of making New Year’s resolutions has been around for thousands of years, but it hasn’t always looked the way it does today.
New Year is a joyous occasion that is observed all over the world. According to the Gregorian calendar, which has 12 months, it marks the start of a new year, with January 1 being the first day of the year. People all over the world begin making plans for new year’s resolutions and...
Dan Chaon
New York—Jewelry designer Wendy Brandes is known for her bold, unique pieces, and now she’s taking those characteristics and extending them to her latest campaign. The designer has tapped 76-year-old model and fashion blogger Judith Boyd to be the face of her brand, embodying the fact th...
Every year I hope to find a book that is distinct, original, and emotionally moving. This year, I’ve found two. The first book I want to recommend is a book that fulfills all of my hopes for poetry—Muleby Shane McCrae. It’s worth mentioning here that its publisher, Cleveland State...
the pianist seemed much more comfortable than in the first half. Clearly this pianist knew the repertoire inside and out. There was also more of the savoring of harmonic resolutions that I had been craving earlier. A string of six Études (from both the twelve op. 25 and the twelve Op....
(now there’s a contrast!).Vers la vie nouvelle(Toward the new life) is a completely un-ironic statement that might have been made by any of the women represented on this album; in this case written one year before the death of her beloved sister, 1917 (see below), a blessing at ...
Paris—For the past four years, Boucheron has released a new “Histoire de Style” high jewelry collection in January, an offering inspired by the house’s archives. This year’s 24-piece collection, “The Power of Couture,” revisits the couture heritage of brand founder Frédéric ...