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[The following is an excerpt from Marcel Proust's novel "Jean Santeuil", which was both a forerunner and a rough draft for his masterpiece "Remembrance of Things Past."] Translated from the French by Russell Scheidelman– “There is, in the time that follows a copious meal, a period of arrested activity full of sweet intelligence and quiet [...]

A Passing Glance at Living Spaces on Wheels by Russell Scheidelman— In the great Animal Kingdom, those perpetual stay-at-homes who like to drag their homes along with them whenever they feel a bit footloose–like the turtle, the snail, and the hermit crab–seem to be onto something that we humans could learn from. Why leave the [...]