We’ve got mountains of worksheets, videos, and all other kinds of distance learning activities to keep our kids on track. But it’s important to realize that home isn’t school; parents have some leeway to cater to kids’ natural curiosity. Homeschoolers (who we imagine as

Some people are taking up long-neglected hobbies while stuck at home, but the therapeutic benefits of painting don’t have to involve getting messy with the gesso. Generations have enjoyed the public-television meditation of Bob Ross’s “The Joy of Painting” series, and all

Of all the spiritual-wellness techniques out there, a sound bath may be the most easily streamed. At its simplest, sound bathing is meditation with a soundtrack. Brooklyn-based sound therapist Sara Auster calls it a "full-body listening experience." Her website is an excellent primer

No matter how you feel about face masks, they're here to stay for a while. Fortunately, the style standard has evolved beyond the operating room. Fashion designers are getting in on the act. Ralph Lauren has promised 250,000 masks for

You may not have thought about working opera into your binge cycle, but maybe that’s because you weren’t brought up on opera. The Metropolitan Opera has created Free Student Streams to educate young audiences, including specially selected performances, daily live events, and

Everybody’s doing virtual tours these days. At a dozen Frank Lloyd Wright-designed properties across the country, the doors have swung open on social media for a series of video tours, guided by the people who know these landmarks best. A

You may associate jigsaw puzzles with elderly relatives. But then, Grandma didn’t leave the house much and she had a lot of time on her hands, so she might have been on to something. Quiet days at home are ushering

There’s nothing we love more than a great hotel, which is why we want to remodel our bathroom after every spa trip. Lucky for us, the hospitality that makes those hotels great doesn’t stop just because many are shuttered for

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s irresistible ‘Confirm or Deny’ conversation with fashion designer Tom Ford is a year old this month, but the piece remains a brilliant little confection. Even if you heed none of the fashion icon’s sage advice about champagne breath,