Did everyone read the excerpt from Dominique Browning’s new book Slow Love: How I lost my job, put on my pajamas and found happiness? I recommend. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/magazine/28fasttrack-t.html

When Browning was editor of House & Garden, she kinda freaked me out. Her eyes are so blue; and her editor’s notes sometimes made me squirm with their strange confessionals. I think I like her in pj’s better than at Conde Nast. In her post-House & Garden phase, Browning presents some keys to the happy life. The slowing down part, in particular. Her blog, www.slowlovelife.com, is all about smelling-the-roses and trying to exorcise the speed-demons that constantly tell us to do more, be better, not relax. You know, the voices that scream inadequacy at every turn? Been there! And if you're afraid of losing your job, or already have, reading about Browning’s life—she now plays the piano, sits in windows with tea, watches roses bloom—is sort of reassuring. OK, and sort of irritating: Where does she get the cash? She does explain how she sold her house... and relocated to her second house. Oy). What I like about her blog is that it represents her struggle to slow down, not the arrival at some state of slowed-down nirvana (which would really irritate me).