Stories

A Moral Bucket List

Do we catalog our life’s accomplishments only by our resumes?

wisdomCaren MartineauMay 11, 2018bucket list, morality, legacy, David Brooks, the big ideas

Dynamics of Being

A meditation on life and learning tenderly informs his poem.

cultureCaren MartineauMay 11, 2018Jean Luis Borges, Borges, argentina, you learn, poetry

Existential Bummer

Hop on the back of futurist Jason Silva’s metaphorical motorcycle.

the big ideas, wisdomCaren MartineauMay 10, 2018futurist, mortality, meaning, entropy, impermanence

A Message for You

The years that I could have lived, I will give those to your daughter.”

storiesCaren MartineauMay 8, 2018film, auschwitz, documentary, video, stories, first-person, cooincidence, fate, meaning

What Mortality Makes Possible

Creating a Rilke Book of Days after her husband died an unexpected death.

wisdomCaren MartineauMay 6, 2018Rilke, poetry, writing, on dying, mortality, Joanna Macy, Krista Bennett, the big ideas

Dreaming of Life

Dive into the dream with philosopher Alan Watts.

wisdomCaren MartineauMay 1, 2018dream of life, alan watts, philosopher, philosophy, mortality, meaning, the big ideas

Sundae's Reward

What does an ice cream sundae have to do with making one’s final will? Everything.

storiesCaren MartineauMay 1, 2018Sheila Nevins, documentary, video, essay, will, final will, humor, making a will, first-person

What Age Reveals

The quietest and most satisfying reward one can receive and achieve in life is fulfillment.

wisdomCaren MartineauApril 29, 2018age, lesson, fulfillment, essay, small bites

Lessons for the Living

“We are not used to dealing with death in a matter-of-fact way.”

storiesCaren MartineauApril 17, 2018first-person, video, hospice, lessons, wisdom, on dying, Kathleen, hospice volunteer, aging