The feng shui advice has always been—don’t have great rooms—also known as open floor plans. They can’t ruin your life, but great rooms are just not ideal. Ideal are rooms....

The next time you see me, you may not recognize me—I scarcely recognize myself now when I look in a mirror.  I’ll soon have a ponytail. I’ve already got a....

I just read a short article on the growing popularity of home offices. The last sentence in the article really stuck with me: “Given a choice, more than half the....

Binary organizing, which yin/yang is, lends itself to sexism. It’s something to be conscious of, and to guard against. Ancient China bought into sexism in a major way (footbinding as....

In the naming of life forms, common names are yang, and scientific names are yin. That’s without exception. One of the things that makes common names yang is that they....