ritual
Sarah Drinkwater and
ritual
Sarah Drinkwater and
In a survey of 1,000 adults, it was found that 30% of people were eating dinner on the couch, and 17% of people were eating it in their bedrooms—two places where there is likely a screen and likely no conversation or interpersonal gathering. Remember that rooms have rules, and when we change the room, we create a vacuum of norms.

andrea and
In France, food norms are powerful and cohesive forces, while in the US food is simply a whirlwind of chaos.
addictive scrolling and swiping can never achieve the sense of closure and boundedness we all crave.
I’ve noticed that the people who lament that we “have no rituals left” in our society are often the same people who are anti-marriage, or just go to the courthouse. Who don’t walk at their graduation ceremonies. Who don’t wear black lace to funerals. Who don’t own a suit. Who don’t send Christmas cards or take off shoes at the door or take into
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